Within this interesting commentary/“debate,”
of the ‘topic at hand,’ Rav Tovia, among other
things, “draws interesting parallels” between
various beliefs also explaining why it is that
Simon Bar Kokhba the Jewish military leader
was not the Mashiach despite what the spiritual
giant HaRav Akiva ZT”L HY”D might have believed
to be the case at the time. So for multiple reasons,
as well as not having fulfilled prophecy during his
lifetime, finally, Bar Kokhba the great military leader
was not the Mashiach.