But on that day, I read these words slowly and earnestly to understand the
real meaning. When I came to the expression, "... a Prophet like me
(Moses)," the Holy Ghost whispered in my soul saying: "If you meant the
similarity between Muhammad and Moses was that both were born of parents,
then they were only similar to the rest of 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.
It became more and more clear to me that the prophecy of Moses only
indicated Jesus Christ as the promised one. For that reason I had to find
unique and extraordinary similarities between Moses and Jesus Christ.
Indeed, I found 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 during their infancy.
- During the birth of Moses, the Pharaoh was furious and ordered that all
little boys under two years old should be killed. When Jesus was born,
Herod
was very angry and ordered the little boys under two years to be killed.
In
the whole world, only these two personalities have experienced such
intense
hatred and persecution.
- During his childhood, Moses was protected by the daughter of Pharaoh. As
a
child, Jesus was protected by Joseph his foster father. 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 in Egypt. It
was the 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 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.
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