Peace all,
Muslims believe Deut 18:15-18 is a prophecy for Muhammed,
but I say it is a prophecy for Jesus Christ.
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among
your own brothers. You must listen to him. 16 For this is what you
asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when
you said, "Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God nor see
this great fire anymore, or we will die."
17 The LORD said to me: "What they say is good. 18 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."
(Deut. 18: 15-1.
"among your own BROTHERS"-
Jesus is a brother to the Israelites, an brother of Moses.
Muhammed is a COUSIN to the Israelites.
Muslims like to use the word "brothers" to imply the Ishmaelites,
but the Israelite's "brothers"(in their sense) would be the
Edomites--the descendants of Esau the brother of Jacob(Israel).
"I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything
I command him"
Jesus is the living Word of God.
The Father told him what to say to us.
Jesus did everything the Father commanded him to do.
"a prophet like me"
Jesus and Moses have ALOT in common.
Both Moses and Jesus hid in Egypt (as children) during a slaughter
of babies.
Moses commanded 12 tribes while Jesus commanded 12 apostles.
Both had faces that radiated light.
Both worked miracles that both their followers and unbelievers
observed.
Both fasted for forty days.
Both physically controlled water (making it possible to walk through
or on it).
Both chemically controlled water (Moses turned water to blood Jesus
turned water into wine).
Both Moses and Jesus knew when they would die.
They both died on a hill.
Jesus fed thousands of people with 2 fish and 5 loafs of bread (John
6:10-2) and Moses fed the Isrealites with manna (John 6:31).
Moses was a learned man and Jesus knew the Scripture well.
Moses and Jesus had followers that heard the voice of God
Moses and Jesus had a unique relationship with God.
Moses and Jesus both had to flee for their lives (Jesus was almost
stoned)
Both Moses and Jesus were called to bring their people out of
bondage
Both Jesus and Moses were disliked by the established authorities.
Moses gave the Ten Commandments, Jesus gave the two Great
Commandments.
They both taught others how to pray
They lived a life of hardship
Their Followers strayed from their teachings
Isn't this sufficient?
We can conclude that Deut 18:18 is a big Jesus Christ prophecy.
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he has set Judgment in
the earth;...
(Isaiah 42:4);
...he shall prevail against his enemies.
(Isaiah 42:13)
... he shall bring forth judgment to the gentiles.
(Isaiah 42:1)
"You who are deaf, listen,
You who are blinf, look and see"
Isaiah 42:19
These all point to Jesus Christ.
And John 16 is referring to the Holy Spirit as the Comforter.
Jesus left us the Holy Spirit of the Lord.
Since I am a believer, I feel the prescende of the Holy Spirit when
I pray to Him. He comforts me, never has He abandoned me.
Besides, Muhammed was no comforter, many people died by his hands.
He only brought a hostile and malicious false doctrine to mislead
others from Christianity and to bring corruption to our world.
Here is the prophecy for Muhammed
Hosea 9:7-9
7 The days of punishment are coming,
the days of reckoning are at hand.
Let Israel know this.
Because your sins are so many
and your hostility so great,
the prophet is considered a fool,
the inspired man a maniac.
8 The prophet, along with my God,
is the watchman over Ephraim, [2]
yet snares await him on all his paths,
and hostility in the house of his God.
9 They have sunk deep into corruption,
as in the days of Gibeah.
God will remember their wickedness
and punish them for their sins.
The prophet Muhammed is a fool, a maniac.
He claims my God, by no! Hostility is in the house of his god.
He and his men are very corrupt.
He has his own god.
Blessings