Do the two major processes of history - Mashiach ben Yosef and Mashiach ben David - occur consecutively or concurrently? Adam should have been the Mashiach ben David, because he was the climax of existence at the time. He sinned, however, and then had to toil to remove the stain he brought into the world. Everybody is now waiting for the redemption, which will be the purification of our souls. All of mankind will go through a purification process of our bodies as well, also known as the resurrection of the dead or zichuch. The redemption climazes the purification of the soul, while the resurrection of the dead climaxes the purification of the body. Understand these two separate and intertwined processes. Each one of the two Messiah's are connected to one of these processes.