The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 63
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. A PROPHET LIKE UNTO MOSES 6 1. God revealed to Moses: "I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. . And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which he shall speak in My name, I will require it of him. " (Deut. 18:18-19) -It is evident that in the above verses Moses was foretold about a prophet who will be "like unto Moses" which means that he will be a law giving prophet. None of the Israelite prophets including. Jesus brought a new law. Jesus was a follower of Mosaic law and tradition. Later Christians declared the law a curse. The Holy Prophet was the great law giving prophet. The Holy Quran was revealed to him containing the perfect religious or spiritual law a universal law for the whole of mankind. The prophecy also said that promised prophet will not be from Israelites but from their brethren. . Mohammad was from Arab tribes who were Ishmaelites brethren of Israelites. It was also told that God will put His words in his mouth. The Gospels do not consist of words which God revealed to Jesus. Rather they tell us a story about what he did or said. The entire Holy Quran consists of words which Allah revealed to the Holy. Prophet. This is meant by, "words which he shall speak in My name. -the 2. Another prophecy is as follows: "And he said, the Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined from. Mount Paran, and he came with ten thousand saints: from his right went a fiery law for them. " (Deut. 33:2). Coming from Sinai refers to the appearance of Moses and rising up from Seir alludes to that of Jesus. The prophet who shone forth from Mount Paran could be no other than the Holy Prophet of. Arabia, as Paran is the ancient name of that part of Arabia which was inhabited by ancestors of Prophet Muhammad. The Arabic form of the word Paran is Faran or Pharan. This prophecy unmistakably 63