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).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, he is not Jewish
3) That God will put His words in to the mouth of this prophet and that he will declare what God commands him.
2006-10-02 13:22:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
But Jesus was a Jewish
2006-10-02 13:27:31 · update #1
But Jesus is a son of god not Prophet you can not have it both ways
2006-10-02 13:29:45 · update #2
can Moses be like Jesus: Moses got married and killed ppl and he was a political leader Jesus was nothing like that
2006-10-02 13:33:08 · update #3
Joshua was a jew
2006-10-02 13:34:10 · update #4
2) That he will come from the brothers of the Israelites, he is not Jewish
2006-10-02 13:34:49 · update #5
Sword / Lord :among their brothers
2006-10-02 13:36:30 · update #6
Rabbi Yohanneh: He Must submet to one God the God of Abraham and that is Mohammed "among their brothers"
2006-10-02 13:56:14 · update #7
It was Prophet Muhammed (p)
2006-10-02 13:30:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
My advice is that we all start reading better translations of the Torah; as the Heb. is quite clear that the prophet will come from amoung your (Moses') own people. Another note of interest is that the Hebrew does not have upper and lower case lettering and resultantly it is incorrect to quote the prophet as 'the (P)rophet.'
You have also said that Jesus cannot be both son of HaShem and the prophet. I believe neither but in classical Christian docrine Christ is priest, prophet and king; as all three qualify as 'anointed.' Thusly, in Christian thinking it is perfectly reasonable for the christos to play multiple roles in the theophany of deus incarnatus.
My comment on the question is that this prophet is every prophet following Moses, as the most natural reading of this text in context is the divine voice reassuring Moses that all will be well when his own voice is heard in Israel no longer.
2006-10-02 20:42:29 · answer #2 · answered by Rabbi Yohanneh 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Jesus Christ the fulfillment of ALL the prophets of the Old Covenant.
He once and for all completed all prophesies. This passage has the Messianic sense for the Jews, the Apostles of Christ, and all Christians today.
He is the link between the Jewish Old Covenant and the New Covenant of the Christian Faith. In Old Covenant terms the Messiah would be the One Great Prophet, Son of God.
2006-10-02 20:29:39 · answer #3 · answered by Lives7 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
It's a generic "any prophet". There is no one completely like Moshe (Deuteronomy 34), and "your brother" just means a fellow Jew. But he can't tell us to go worship idols or get rid of the Torah, so the christian prophet can't be one.
2006-10-02 21:17:57 · answer #4 · answered by ysk 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
oh my goodness, don't ya'll remember this question was asked in the exact same fashion - this poster is looking for someone to say - mohammed.
someone say it and let's get this over with.
thi is what the NAB says about that verse....
a prophet like me; from the context (opposition to the pagan soothsayers) it seems that Moses is referring in general to all the true prophets who were to succeed him. but since Christ is the Great Prophet in whom the prophetic office finds its fulfillment and completion, this passage was understood in a special Messianc sence both by the Jews (jn 6,14; 7,40) and by the Apostles (acts 3,22; 7,37)
2006-10-02 21:06:41 · answer #5 · answered by Marysia 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
OOOH OOOH I know the answer to this one :D
But I prefer to wait and see what others say first :P
2006-10-02 20:25:44 · answer #6 · answered by WhiteHat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I read the Islamic Tract on this, It was full of partial quotes, and misintreptaions.
The answer is Jesus.
God's promised messiah came from Isaac. not ishmael (PBUthem?)
He promised to make both a great nation, but salvation through Isaac
2006-10-02 20:27:39 · answer #7 · answered by Slave to JC 4 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Israelite and jew are the same thing. so why would you say not jewish.. It is Jesus ...
2006-10-02 20:29:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
the prophet was Joshua
2006-10-02 20:32:57 · answer #9 · answered by barbara v 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋
He was talking about the messiah, Jesus Christ.
2006-10-02 20:26:27 · answer #10 · answered by mortgagegirl101 6 · 1⤊ 5⤋