Moses, we see now, was not evading nor avoiding his commitment to his fellow Jews he was more of our advocate than we realize. Moses knew that, after we entered the land of Israel, we would sin and be exiled, then redeemed again, then exiled again. He recognized that the process would repeat itself many times. However, Hashem overrules Moses' brilliant, passionate appeal. Redemption does not come all at one time.
Redemption comes little by little, slowly, one step at a time.
Elijah will indeed announce the ultimate redemption, I will indeed send him, too. But now it is your time, your moment of glory, and you must assume the role you were meant to play. Yet, with all of our problems, we are clearly making strides toward the final redemption. A renaissance of Jewish learning, the creation of the state of Israel, and the ingathering of the exiles are just a few of the miracles in our midst. May we soon hear the mighty shofar blast of the final redemption, in the Hebrew month of Nissan, the season of our liberation.