Zohar 2:8a-9a: From the beginning the Messiah was hidden in a heavenly palace known as the Bird’s Nest. That is a secret place containing a thousand halls of yearning, where none may enter except for the Messiah. It is there that the Messiah waits for the sign to be given that his time has come at last.
The palace is known as the Bird’s Nest because of the wonderful bird of the Messiah, which has its nest in a tree near his palace.
On New Moons and holy days and Sabbaths, the Messiah enters those halls of longing, lifts up his voice, and weeps. Then the Garden of Eden trembles and the firmament shakes until his voice ascends all the way to God’s throne. And when God hears his voice, God beckons the enchanted bird, and it flies from the Garden of Eden and enters its nest and begins to sing.
Now the song of that bird is indescribably beautiful; no one has ever heard a music so sublime. Three times the bird repeats its song, and then the bird and the Messiah ascend on high, to the very Throne of Glory. There God swears to them that He will destroy the kingdom of Rome and will give His children all the blessings that are destined for them. After that the bird returns to its nest and the Messiah returns to his palace, and once again he remains hidden there, waiting.
