Jesus Was Not in
the Likeness of Moses!
In
the New Testament, Jesus has nowhere claimed that the prophecy in Deuteronomy
18:18 is about him, even his (Jesus’) disciples have made no such claims on his
behalf. It is interesting to know that in fact Bible asserts to the opposite.
Actually the very prophecy that Christians claims to be about Jesus puts the
Prophethood of Jesus and Christian Church into jeopardy by declaring that:
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But
the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not
commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. |
Bible
has further echoed something similar as we read in Deuteronomy 13:1-5!
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If there arise among you a
prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, |
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And the sign or the wonder
come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods,
which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; |
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Thou shalt not hearken unto the
words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God
proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart
and with all your soul. |
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Ye shall walk after the LORD
your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye
shall serve him, and cleave unto him. |
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And that prophet, or that
dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you
away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and
redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which
the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away
from the midst of thee. |
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not the gods whom the Israelites
knew; since they belonged to the category of ‘other gods.’ Whereas according to the Christians, Jesus
invited the people of Israel to go after such other gods. A man-god or god-man
who could be persecuted was also not known to the Israelites.
The fact
is that both (Christians & Jews) believe that Jesus was put to death and
his signs and miracles availed him not; as the Bible (Torah) tells us that ONLY
the false prophet will be met with such fate. Thus, it appears absurd to
identify Jesus with Moses (PBUT), especially when the Prophethood of
former is obviously questionable according to Bible itself.
We further read in Deuteronomy:
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And there arose not a prophet
since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, |