Who is the prophet like Moses?

[GeorgeTwo]

Muslim One True Believer thinks it is Muhammad.

This is One True Believer's proof:

"Deuteronomy 18:18

Muhammad is like Moses in many ways. Christians says it's Jesus who Moses is referring to. 

First of all, Moses was regarded as a Prophet and Muhammad was also regarded as a Prophet while Jesus (at least by Christians) was regarded as the Son of God. This point, alone, precludes Jesus. Because the prophecy is about a prophet like unto Moses. When Jesus is regarded as God incarnate, or the Son of God then that precludes him; at least this specific prophecy doesn’t apply to him.

Secondly, in terms of parents, Moses had a normal mother and father and so did Muhammad. Jesus, however, was born only from a mother. In terms of birth, the birth of Moses was normal so was Muhammad’s where as Jesus’ birth was a virgin birth according to both the Muslim and Christian faiths.

Regarding family life: Moses married and had children so did Muhammad but it’s quite unlikely with Jesus. As far as we know, there are no records of him marrying or having any children.

In terms of death, Moses and Muhammad both had natural deaths from natural causes; the death of Jesus (according to the Christian faith) was a violent death- nailed to the cross and as per our faith is still alive."

My response:

Jesus is a prophet, and the Messiah, and the Son of Man, and the Son of God (by relationship)

Matthew 21:10-12 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

¹⁰ When He entered Jerusalem, the whole city was shaken, saying, “Who is this?” ¹¹ And the crowds kept saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee!”

Mark 6:3-5 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

³ Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James,Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t His sisters here with us?” So they were offended by Him.

⁴ Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.” ⁵ So He was not able to do any miracles^[a] there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. 

Luke 13:32-34 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

³² He said to them, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look! I’m driving out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day^[a] I will complete My work.’^[b] 33 Yet I must travel today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem!

Luke 13:32-34 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

³² He said to them, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look! I’m driving out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day^[a] I will complete My work.’^[b] 33 Yet I must travel today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem!

Jesus compared to Moses:

1.    Just as there were 400 years of silence before Adonai sent Moses to deliver Israel from her bondage to Pharaoh, so there were 400 of years of silence before Adonai sent His own Son, Yeshua the Messiah, to utterly deliver Israel from her ultimate bondage to sin and death.

2.    Both Moses and Yeshua were sent from God (Ex. 3:1-10; John 8:42).

3.    Both Moses and Yeshua were Jews (Ex. 2:1-2; Matt. 1:1-16; Luke 1-2; Heb. 7:14). (Note: This is no small thing, since Muslims claim that Muhammad is the prophet Moses referred to here; which is obviously incorrect, since the Mashiach must be a Jew - see John 4:24).

4.    Both had faithful Jewish parents (Ex. 2:2; Heb. 11:23; Matt. 2:13-14).

5.    Both were born under foreign rule (Ex. 1:8-14; Luke 2:1).

6.    Both were threatened by wicked kings (Ex. 1:15-16; Matt. 2:16).

7.    Both Moses and Yeshua spent their early years in Egypt, miraculously protected from those who sought their lives (Ex. 2:10; Matt. 2:14-15).

8.    Both rejected the possibility to become rulers in this age. Moses was raised as a son in the royal family and could have enjoyed a lavish lifestyle as a powerful ruler, but he chose differently (Heb. 11:24); Satan offered Yeshua the rule over the kingdoms of this world (Matt. 4:8-9), but rejected that offer and chose to suffer and die for the sake of the people of Israel.

9.    Both Moses and Yeshua were "sent from a mountain of God" to free Israel. Moses was sent from (physical) Mount Sinai in Midian, Arabia; Yeshua was sent from a spiritual "Mount Zion" in Heaven (Heb. 12:22).

10.  Both were initially rejected by the Jews (Ex. 32:1; Isa. 53: 3; Matt. 27:21-2; 
Rom. 11:25).

11.  Both were accepted by Gentiles (Moses by the Midianites (Ex. 2:14-22); Yeshua by the world (Acts 10:45; 1 Tim. 3:16)).

12.  Both were criticized by their families (Num. 12:1; Mark 3:20-1).

13.  Both knew God panim l'panim (face to face). God spoke directly to both Moses and Yeshua (Ex. 3:1-10; Deut. 34:10; Luke 9:34-36). All other prophets received their revelation by visions or dreams (Deut. 34:10; John 1:18). Both were authoritative spokesmen for God (Matt. 17:5; John 3:34).

14.  Both were teachers (Deut 4:1-5; Matt. 22:16; John 3:2).

15.  Both revealed God's Name (Ex. 3:13-14; John 17:6, 11-12).

16.  Both were faithful to God (Num. 12:5-7; Heb. 3:1-2).

17.  Both gave the people bread from Heaven (Ex. 16:14-15; Matt. 14:19-20) and performed various miracles (Ex. 4:21-8; Deut. 34:10-12; John 5:36; 12:37-8).

18.  Both were appointed as saviors of Israel (Moses as Israel's deliverer from the bondage to Pharaoh; Yeshua as Israel's deliverer from the bondage to Satan).

19.  Both were shepherds of Israel (Moses led the Israelites through the wilderness (Ex. 3:1; Numbers), Yeshua led His followers as the Good Shepherd (John 10:10-11; Matt. 9:36)).

20.  Both were humble servants of the LORD (Num 12:3; Luke 2:46-7; Phil. 2:8-9).

21.  Both fasted for forty days in the wilderness (Ex. 34:28; Matt. 4:2).

22.  Both were Mediators of a covenant of blood: Moses of the older covenant (Exodus 24:7-8) and Yeshua of the new covenant (Matt. 26:26-28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20; Hebrews 9:11-15; 1 Cor. 11:25; 2 Cor. 3:6).

23.  Both offered to die on behalf of the people's sins (Ex. 32:30-33; John 17).

24.  Just as Moses instituted the LORD's Passover on Nisan 14 as the means by which the Angel of death would pass over those Israelites who trusted in God's promise regarding the blood of the lamb (Ex. 12:11-12), so Yeshua offered Himself as the sacrificial Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world (John 1:29).

25.  Just as Moses brought about the "resurrection" of the children of Israel as they passed through the Red Sea; so Yeshua became the Firstfruits of resurrection as He rose from the dead.

26.  Just as the Torah was given to Israel fifty days after the Exodus from Egypt (on Pentecost or Shavu'ot), so Yeshua sent the Holy Spirit to form the Church fifty days after His resurrection.

27.  Both of their faces shone with the glory of heaven - Moses on Mount Sinai (Ex. 34:34-5) and Yeshua on the Mount of Transfiguration (Matt. 17:2).

28.  As Moses lifted up the brazen serpent in the wilderness to heal his people 
(Num. 21:8-9); so Yeshua was lifted up on the cross to heal all believers from their sin (John 12:32).

29.  As Moses conquered the great enemy of Israel, the Amalekites with his upraised arms (Ex. 17:11), so Yeshua conquered our ultimate enemy of sin and death by His upraised arms on the cross (John 19:18).

30.  As Moses sent twelve spies to explore Canaan (Num. 13), so Yeshua sent twelve apostles to reach the world (Matt 10:1); and as Moses appointed seventy rulers over Israel (Num. 11:16-7), so Yeshua anointed seventy disciples to teach the nations (Luke 10:1).

How was Jesus a Prophet like Moses? Like Moses, He was a Jew, a Leader, a Prophet, a Lawgiver, a Savior, a Teacher, a Priest, an Anointed One, a Mediator between God and man -- speaking the words of God -- and like Moses, He offered himself to die for the sins of the people.

 

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Now let's look at Deuteronomy 18:18 in context:

Deuteronomy 18:18.  You have to take this verse in context in able to understand it.

The Levitical priests, that is, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel ... They shall have no inheritance among their brethren. Deuteronomy 18.1-2.  Why would God raise up for Israel a prophet from their enemies? 

It is clear here that "they" means the Levites, and that their brethren means the other tribes of Israel. Therefore the correct interpretation of Deuteronomy 18.18 must be: "I will raise up for them (the Levites) a prophet like you from among their brethren (the other eleven tribes of Israel)".  This means that the prophet would be a Jew as Jesus was.  Therefore the passage cannot refer to the Ishmaelites and the prophecy cannot apply to Muhammad.