Does the Old Testament say anything about Mohammad?

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.” (Deuteronomy 18;15). I know many Muslims use this verse as a hammer to strike the faith of Christians, whether they were preachers, pastors, evangelists, priests, pastors or an ordinary believer, with the intention that they would acknowledge and believe in Muhammad as the prophet who had been prophesied by the Bible in this verse.

Regarding this matter I read a book called “God has chosen me everlasting life” written by Rev;Hamran Ambrie and I believe his comment is most applicable in this subject.

He wrote, ’If any Muslim readers are not guided by the Holy Spirit then it is obvious he won’t understand the real meaning of this verse.

Moses was born of parents; Mohammad was also born like Moses, of a father and a mother. He was not like Jesus Christ, who was born only of a mother, without a father. (According to Islam, God has made Jesus and His mother a sign unto men; “We have appointed Him a sign unto men.”Maryam 19;21. “We breathed into her of our Spirit, and appointed her and her son to be a sign for all men.” Prophets 21;91). So we must always remember here that Christ did not receive this unique title from men but from God directly.

When Moses became an adult, he was married; Muhammad was also married, contrary to Jesus Christ who never married.

Moses had sons and Muhammad had children too. But Jesus did not have any descendants as He was never married.

Moses died in old age and was buried and the same happened with Muhammad. But Jesus Christ died in the cross, on the third day He rose from death and ascended to heaven alive.

Now let’s read these words slowly and earnestly to understand the real meaning. “A prophet like me (Moses).” Now if you meant the similarity between Moses and Muhammad was that both were born of parents, and then they were only similar to the rest of the mankind who are born with parents. This characteristic cannot be used as a point to indicate the truth of the prophecy.

Furthermore, if Muhammad was like Moses because he was married then both were like most others in this world! So this too could not be used to prove that Muhammad was a prophet. If Muhammad was regarded the same as Moses because he had descendants then this fact could also not be used to determine the prophecy because most people in this world have children.

 Muhammad, just like Moses, died in his old age and was buried. If this example was used to prove the meaning of the prophecy, then this point too could not be used to prove the similarities, as every person in this world has to die and be buried. To die and be buried is common to all and does not make a man unique. But it should clear to every one of us that the prophecy of Moses only indicated to Jesus Christ as the promised one. For that reason we have to find unique and extraordinary similarities between Moses and Jesus Christ. Indeed, we will see several outstanding similarities between these two men, not shared with others.

During the childhood of Moses, Pharaoh threatened to kill him, just as Jesus in His childhood was threatened to be killed by Herod. Not all people are born and threatened to be killed their infancy.

During the birth of Moses, the Pharaoh was furious and ordered hat all little boys under two years old should be killed. When Jesus was born, Herod was very angry and ordered that little boys under two years had to be killed. In the whole world, only these personalities have experienced such intense hatred and persecution.

During Moses childhood, the daughter of Pharaoh protected him. As a child, Joseph his foster father protected Jesus. Not all people were protected by people chosen of God during their childhood when their lives were threatened.

During his childhood, Moses lived far from his home country Egypt. It was same with Jesus, who during his childhood lived in exile in Egypt. Not all children have had to escape to a distant country, like Egypt, during their childhood.

When Moses served as the divine messenger of God, he received the power of the Lord to perform miracles, just as the Jesus, who in His authority as the Living Word, received power from God to perform miracles by healing the sick and raising the dead from the grave.

Moses freed the people of Israel from the bondage of the Egyptian slavery and Jesus freed His followers from the bondage of Satan.

 These special proof’s should allow to all the Muslims to believe that the unique prophecy mentioned in Deuteronomy chapter 18 verse 15 was not intended to prove Muhammad as the prophet foretold but to indicate that Jesus Christ was the Word of God incarnate.