Can any Christian explain these verses from the Bible?

Question

The Biblical prophecies on the advent of the Prophet Muhammad are evidence of the truth of Islam for people who believe in the Bible.


In Deuteronomy 18, Moses stated that God told him: “I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account.” (Deuteronomy 18:18-19).1

From these verses we conclude that the prophet in this prophecy must have the following three characteristics:

1) That he will be like Moses.

2) That he will come from the brothers of the Israelites, i.e. the Ishmaelites.

3) That God will put His words in to the mouth of this prophet and that he will declare what God commands him.

Let us examine these three characteristics in more depth:

1) A prophet like Moses:
There were hardly any two prophets who were so much alike as Moses and Muhammad . Both were given a comprehensive law and code of life. Both encountered their enemies and were victorious in miraculous ways. Both were accepted as prophets and statesmen. Both migrated following conspiracies to assassinate them. Analogies between Moses and Jesus overlook not only the above similarities but other crucial ones as well. These include the natural birth, the family life, and death of Moses and Muhammad but not of Jesus. Moreover Jesus was regarded by his followers as the Son of God and not exclusively as a prophet of God, as Moses and Muhammad were and as Muslims believe Jesus was. So, this prophecy refers to the Prophet Muhammad and not to Jesus, because Muhammad is more like Moses than Jesus.

Also, one notices from the Gospel of John that the Jews were waiting for the fulfillment of three distinct prophecies. The first was the coming of Christ. The second was the coming of Elijah. The third was the coming of the Prophet. This is obvious from the three questions that were posed to John the Baptist: “Now this was John’s testimony, when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Christ.” They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.” (John 1:19-21). If we look in a Bible with cross-references, we will find in the marginal notes where the words “the Prophet” occur in John 1:21, that these words refer to the prophecy of Deuteronomy 18:15 and 18:18.2 We conclude from this that Jesus Christ is not the prophet mentioned in Deuteronomy 18:18.

2) From the brothers of the Israelites:
Abraham had two sons, Ishmael and Isaac (Genesis 21). Ishmael became the grandfather of the Arab nation, and Isaac became the grandfather of the Jewish nation. The prophet spoken of was not to come from among the Jews themselves, but from among their brothers, i.e. the Ishmaelites. Muhammad , a descendant of Ishmael, is indeed this prophet.

Also, Isaiah 42:1-13 speaks of the servant of God, His “chosen one” and “messenger” who will bring down a law. “He will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his law the islands will put their hope.” (Isaiah 42:4). Verse 11, connects that awaited one with the descendants of Kedar. Who is Kedar? According to Genesis 25:13, Kedar was the second son of Ishmael, the ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad .

3) God will put His words in the mouth of this prophet:
The words of God (the Holy Quran) were truly put into Muhammad’s mouth. God sent the Angel Gabriel to teach Muhammad the exact words of God (the Holy Quran) and asked him to dictate them to the people as he heard them. The words are therefore not his own. They did not come from his own thoughts, but were put into his mouth by the Angel Gabriel. During the life time of Muhammad , and under his supervision, these words were then memorized and written by his companions.

Also, this prophecy in Deuteronomy mentioned that this prophet will speak the words of God in the name of God. If we looked to the Holy Quran, we will find that all its chapters, except Chapter 9, are preceded or begin with the phrase, “In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.”


Another indication (other than the prophecy in Deuteronomy) is that Isaiah ties the messenger connected with Kedar with a new song (a scripture in a new language) to be sung to the Lord (Isaiah 42:10-11). This is mentioned more clearly in the prophecy of Isaiah: “and another tongue, will he speak to this people” (Isaiah 28:11 KJV). Another related point, is that the Quran was revealed in sections over a span of twenty-three years. It is interesting to compare this with Isaiah 28 which speaks of the same thing, “For it is: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule; a little here, a little there.” (Isaiah 28:10).

Answer 1

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL



WHAT A STRETCH .. LETS LOOK AT THIS LUNACY AND SHRED IT



from your brothers; ishmael wasn't a hebrew.... scratch one



God gave Moses the bread from heaven (Ex. 16:8, 15);

God gave Jesus as bread from heaven (John 6:32-35).

muhammed loved to steal peoples' bread



The law was given through Moses

the messiah solidified the law, and clarified it

muhammed created his own law that contradicts the law given to moses



The covenant of Moses was initiated with animal blood (Ex. 24:6-8)

that of Christ with His own blood (Matt. 26:28; Luc. 22:20). See also Heb. 9:18-23.

muhammed shed lots of blood



7. The transfiguration on the mountain of Moses (Ex. 34:29,35)

and of Jesus (Matthew 17:2)

well, muddy did fly to jerusalem on a mule... yeah right !



Nationality, Moses was an Israelite (Ex. 2:1,2)

like Jesus in the flesh, (Matthew 1:1-17)



Moses: An evil king/Pharaoh tried to kill him as a baby: Exodus 1:22

King Herod tried to kill baby Jesus: Matthew 2:16

muhammed killed and raped babies





Moses: He was hidden from the evil king/Pharaoh: Exodus 2:2

An angel said to hide the child from the evil King Herod: Matthew 2:13



Moses was sent into Egypt to preserve his life: Exodus 2:3-4

Jesus was taken into Egypt to preserve His life: Matthew 2:13-15

muhammed would do anything to preserve his own life and legacy





Moses: He was saved by women: his mother: Exodus 2:3; Miriam 2:4; Pharaoh's daughter 2:5-10 Saved and helped by His mother, Mary: Matthew 2:14

muhammed saved women as trophies of war



Pharaoh's daughter adopted Moses: Exodus 2:10

Joseph adopted Jesus: Matthew 1:25

muhammed adopted by catholic nun to deceive the arabs to invade jerusalem



Moses became a prince of Egypt: Exodus 2:10

Jesus is the Prince of Peace: Isaiah 9:5; Matthew 28:18; Luke 2:14

muhammed is the prince of hell



both: Long period of silence from childhood to adulthood



Moses had a secret identity

Messianic secret = you figure out the secret identity



He tried to save a Hebrew kinsman: Exodus 2:11-12

Jesus came to save His Hebrew kinsman first: Mark 7:26-28

muhammed came to jerusalem to kill hebrews



Went from being a prince to a pauper: Exodus 2:15-19

Went from being God to being man: John 1:1-3; Mark 6:3

muhammed went from illiterate to degenerate



Saved women at a well: Exodus 2:15-19

Saved a woman at a well: John chapter 4

muhammed's demon, the mahdi, is hibernating in a well





Moses' mission was to redeem Israel from slavery to Egypt

Jesus' mission is to redeem mankind from slavery to sin

muhammed mission is to occupy the land promised to Israel





Moses was loved and supported in his ministry by his sister Miriam [in Hebrew, Miryam]

Jesus was loved and supported in his ministry by His mother Mary [in Hebrew, Miryam]



He was often rejected by his own people

Jesus was often rejected by His own people

muhammed is rejected by anybody with half a brain



Moses mediated God's law on the mountain of Sinai: Exodus 20:1-31:18; 34:1-35

Jesus will mediate from Zion: Matthew chapter 5



Moses spent 40 days fasting on the mountain: 24:18;34:28

Jesus spent 40 days fasting in the desert wilderness: Matthew 4:2

muhammed waited 40days after aisha's period to devour her cherry



Moses performs signs/ miracles

Jesus performs signs/miracles

muhammed performed one miricle: fooling the entire arab world



Moses offered his life for the salvation of his people after the sin of the Golden Calf: Exodus 32:33-33 Jesus offered His life for the salvation of the world: Isaiah 53:12; Romans 5:12; 6:10; 2 Corinthians 5:15-21; Colossians 1:19-20; 2:14-15; 1 John 1:7; 2:2; etc.

muhammed offered anybodies life to fill his pockets



Moses is the prophet of the Covenant

Jesus is the prophet, priest, and King of the same everlasting Covenant

muhammed never gave any prophecies, but he called himself a prophet?? wtf?



Moses was a shepherd (Exodus 3:1).

Jesus is a shepherd (John 10:11, 14).

muhammed is a wolf that preys on ignorant sheep



Moses was a mediator (Ex. 33:8,9).

Jesus is a mediator (1 Tim. 2:5).

muddy was also but for satan



Moses was an intercessor (Numbers 21:7).

Jesus was an intercessor (Romans 8:34).

muddy was also but for satan



Moses was a judge (Ex. 18:13).

Jesus is a judge (John 5:27, Matt. 25:31-46, 2 Cor. 5:10).

muddy was also but for for his own gain



Moses offered his life for the salvation of his people after the sin of the golden calf.

Jesus offered His life for the salvation of the world.

muhammed offered everybody else's live for his own gain





dream on , dream on, dream until your dreams fall through

Answer 2

Deuteronomy 18 and Isaiah 42 is referring to Jesus, not Muhammad.



Muhammad denied the truth of Jesus Christ, thus Muhammad is not a prophet.



1 John 4:1-3 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. (2) By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, (3) and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.

Answer 3

The Bible itself explains the fulfillment of the Deuteronomy prophecy as happening with Jesus of Nazareth! Go have a read of John's gospel, chapter 1, all of it!



John the Baptist is questioned because some people think he could be the fulfillment and be "the prophet" like Moses. He flatly denies it. But then he points to Jesus Christ as the One! Read the whole of that first chapter and it will blow that theory about Muhammed to bits! Which, of course, is why Muslims just turn around and deny that John's gospel is gospel truth!



It's appalling how a little bit in the Bible will be quoted as proof of Islam, yet 99% of the rest of the Bible will be dismissed by Muslims as having been corrupted! That's rank hypocrisy. If Deuteronomy and isolated bits in Isaiah can be upheld as God's truth, then so can the rest of the Bible! But you will not have it because you will not have Jesus Christ as the prophet greater than Moses! AiH

Answer 4

hi there.



wait a minute -

john the Baptist denies being the prophet

so you conclude that jesus cannot be the prophet?





huh?





I know what is happening here.

Muhammad claimed the bible talked about him.

so muslims desperately try to make the prophecies fit Muhammad, even though their fulfilment is detailed later in the bible.



and why should we accept your obscure attempt to put Muhammad in the bible, but ignore the clear prophecies detailing the crucifixion, which you say never happened?





lol. Muhammad rolls up to the jews saying he is the messiah they are waiting for in their scriptures.

the jews ask "which scripture?"

Muhammad does not know and gets angry then allah sends down a message that the jews have corrupted their scriptures.



why allah didn't just tell him Deuteronomy? did allah not know either?



face facts. Muhammad is not there. and so you guys are still claiming we have corrupted the scriptures 1400 years later.



not true. just Muhammad making his spiel up as he goes.

Answer 5

Moses’ life was typological of the life of Christ. Like Christ, Moses was the mediator of a covenant.



The author of Hebrews goes to great lengths to demonstrate this point (cf. Hebrews 3, 8–10). The Apostle Paul also makes the same points in 2 Corinthians 3. The difference is that the covenant that Moses mediated was temporal and conditional, whereas the covenant that Christ mediates is eternal and unconditional. Like Christ, Moses provided redemption for his people. Moses delivered the people of Israel out of slavery and bondage in Egypt and brought them to the Promised Land of Canaan. Christ delivers His people out of bondage and slavery to sin and condemnation and brings them to the Promised Land of eternal life on a renewed earth when Christ returns to consummate the kingdom He inaugurated at His first coming.



Like Christ, Moses was a prophet to his people. Moses spoke the very words of God to the Israelites just as Christ did (John 17:8). Moses predicted that the Lord would raise up another prophet like him from among the people (Deuteronomy 18:15). Jesus and the early church believed and taught that Moses was speaking of Jesus when he wrote those words (cf. John 5:46, Acts 3:22, 7:37).



In so many ways, Moses’ life is a precursor to the life of Christ. As such, we can catch a glimpse of how God was working His plan of redemption in the lives of faithful people throughout human history. This gives us hope that just as God saved His people and gave them rest through the actions of Moses, so, too, will God save us and give us an eternal Sabbath rest in Christ; both now and in the life to come.



Finally, it is interesting to note that even though Moses never set foot in the Promised Land during his lifetime, he was given an opportunity to enter the Promised Land after his death. On the mount of transfiguration, when Jesus gave His disciples a taste of His full glory, He was accompanied by two Old Testament figures, Moses and Elijah, who represented the Law and the Prophets. Moses is, this day, experiencing the true Sabbath rest in Christ that one day all Christians will share (Hebrews 4:9).



The article in the link below is all about the life of Moses and how he typified Jesus - who would introduce a new covenant. I'ts very interesting, if you care to find out what the Bible REALLY says about Jesus.



LM

Answer 6

Sorry but the prophecy was about Jesus.The prophet was suposed to be Hebrew and Jesus is Hebrew. The bible is the only word of God. The Quran is not the word of God.

Answer 7

yes you are wrong in your interpretation



those verses are not about Muhammad



his brothers plural means all those 12 sons born to jacob not Ishmael

Answer 8

you are very wrong.... all your "points"are superficial similarities having nothing to do with being a prophet. In fact, these points are true of a vast number of rebels who overthrew their governments. A Biblical example is Jeroboam (1 Kings 11-15). Modern day examples include: Pol Pot, Mao Tse-tung, and Fidel Castro.



Muhammad not like Moses... no two people could be any different.



1) Moses performed miraculous signs, Muhammad didn't: “Why are not (signs) sent to him, like those which were sent to Moses?” (Surah 28:48)



2) Moses spoke directly with God, Muhammad didn’t: a) "And to Moses Allah spoke directly" (Surah 4:164). b) "it is not fitting for a man that Allah should speak to him except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by the sending of a messenger" (Surah 42:51). c) The Hadith makes clear that Muhammad never saw his Lord. Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54, No. 457: Moses had witnesses that knew He spoke to God....Muhammad just "told" everyone he did, no witnesses whatsoever...



3) Moses never thought he was demon-possessed, Muhammad did. Ibn Ishaq’s “Sirat Rasul Allah,” The Life of Muhammad translated by A. Guillaume, p. 106:



4) Moses never tried to commit suicide, Muhammad did. See point 3 and the History of Tabari [1155], vol. 6, p. 76



5) Moses was clear-minded to the end, but Muhammad became delirious and mentally confused: Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 23, Number 471



6) Moses never uttered verses from Satan but Muhammad had the Satanic Verses. (History of Tabari [1192-1193], vol. 6, p. 111)



7) Muhammad admitted speaking presumptuously in the name of Allah, Al-at, Al-Uzza, and Manat, failing to meet the criteria given in Deut. 18:20:



8) Moses was never bewitched, but Muhammad was (Al-Bukhari, vol. VII, no. 658)



9) Moses believed he was a prophet before his wife did, Muhammad’s wife was the first to believe he was a prophet. The History of Tabari [1151], translated by W. Montgomery Watt, vol. 6, p. 72:



10) God persuaded Moses that he was a prophet by miraculous signs of a burning bush that was not consumed (Exodus 3:2) and other miraculous signs (Exodus 4), Muhammad was persuaded by his wife Khadija taking off her clothes. Ibn Ishaq’s "Sirat Rasul Allah", The Life of Muhammad, translated by A. Guillaume, p. 107:



11) Muhammad himself said he was different from all other prophets, that would include Moses: Bukhari Volume 1, Book 7, Number 331



12) Muhammad’s god is not like Moses’ God: Allah is called the greatest of all deceivers (Surah 3:54) Makareen, translated plotter or schemer, means deceivers, double crossers. Moses’ God does not lie or go back on his word. "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?" (Numbers 23:19) For more on this, see Allah: Truthful or Deceiver? In our next passage we find that, unlike YHWH, Allah doesn’t make good on all that he has spoken but abrogates much of it.



13) Moses didn’t abrogate his own revelations, Muhammad did. Surah 2:106 “Nothing of our revelation (even a single verse) do we abrogate or cause be forgotten, but we bring (in place) one better or the like thereof. Knowest thou not that Allah is Able to do all things?”



We could list many other things such as Moses never married the wife of his adopted son, Moses was a Jew, Moses was literate (Mark 12:19, John 5:46) Muhammad was not, the manner of Moses’ revelations were quite different from that of Muhammad, etc. Yet there is something more fundamental:





Muslims need to prove that Muhammad was a prophet



Before discussing whether Muhammad was “the prophet like unto Moses” mentioned in Deuteronomy, Muslims must first prove that Muhammad was a prophet. Statements in the Quran, Hadith, and Sirat make it very difficult for Christians to believe Muhammad was a prophet. Muhammad & Allah said the sun set in a muddy pool (Surah 18:86; cf. this article); Samaritans built the golden calf at the time of Moses (Surah 20:85-95), (the Samaritans didn’t exist until after the Assyrian captivity many hundreds of years after Moses). Muhammad & Allah were ignorant of the Christian religion, claiming we worship the father the mother and the son (Surah 5:73-75,116; cf. this article), and ignorant of the Jews religion, claiming they believed Ezra was the son of God (Surah 9:30) Worse yet, Muhammad failed the Quran’s own test.



... read the Bible... see for yourself instead of just believing what you have been taught... and choosing specific verses to "interpret". if you read the rest of the Bible... you will see the fulfillment

of the prophecy in the Bible is of Jesus Christ .. The ONLY Saviour.. and if you don't then continue to be deceived by a man who was delusional or deceived by Satan himself...



oh and lets not forget muhammed plundered and murdered, was a thief and liar..

Quran (2:216) - "Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not." Not only does this verse establish that violence can be virtuous, but it also contradicts the myth that fighting is intended only in self-defense, since the audience was obviously not under attack at the time. From the Hadith, we know that this verse was narrated at a time that Muhammad was actually trying to motivate his people into raiding merchant caravans for loot.

Muhammad began robbing caravans after leaving Mecca. As a result,greed soon became one of the primary factors in people’s rapid conversion to Islam. Indeed, Muhammad deliberately used the spoils of war to lure people to Islam..

Muhammad himself had sex with a prepubescent girl. His courtship of Aisha began when she was only six years old.ix Muhammad had a dream about her, which led him to believe that God wanted him to marry the young girl.x Fortunately, Muhammad waited three years before having sex with her; nevertheless, Muslim sources report that Aisha still hadn’t reached puberty.xi Since Muhammad is the moral exemplar in Islam, his actions are still affecting young girls today.... MOSES NEVER did this!!disgusting!

Answer 9

You can't have it both ways- either you believe the Bible is corrupt or you believe it correctly foretells of Mohammed - which is it?



Please read Luke 24:27

Answer 10

http://www.gotquestions.org/Muhammad-Bible.html

http://www.compellingtruth.org/Muhammad-Bible.html

Answer 11

It could apply to both because both teach the same message.