Why Do Muslims Use the Bible to Prove the Prophethood of Muhammad, Son of Amina?

We continue to analyze the arguments in Islamic debates:

Today, let us examine the efforts of lecturers in seeking the prophecy of Muhammad, son of Abdullah, in the Bible.

The Prophet Isaiah wrote: “Then the book is given to one who is illiterate, saying, ‘Read this, please,’ and he says, ‘I am not literate’” (Isaiah 29:12).

When Muslims saw this verse, they thought they had found evidence that Muhammad was prophesied in the Bible because Muhammad was an unlettered person.

If you follow the entire 29th chapter and the context that led to this verse 12, you may end up laughing, although this is not a laughing matter. What Muslims are doing is a great distortion that is leading millions of God's people to eternal destruction in the lake of fire. People are being convinced of lies and embracing them as if they were the truth.

Overall, reading chapter 29 is a chapter that pronounces judgment on Ariel (Jerusalem) due to their rebellion against God's laws and commandments, Jehovah. Let us read this chapter carefully:

1. Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! Add year to year; let feasts come around.

2. Yet I will distress Ariel; there shall be heaviness and sorrow, and it shall be to Me as Ariel.

3. I will encamp against you all around, I will lay siege against you with a mound, and I will raise siege works against you.

4. You shall be brought down, you shall speak out of the ground; your speech shall be low, out of the dust; your voice shall be like a medium’s, out of the ground; and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.

5. Moreover the multitude of your foes shall be like fine dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones like chaff that passes away; yes, it shall be in an instant, suddenly.

6. You will be punished by the Lord of hosts with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with storm and tempest and the flame of devouring fire.

7. The multitude of all the nations who fight against Ariel, even all who fight against her and her fortress, and distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

8. It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams, and look—he eats; but he awakes, and his soul is still empty; or as when a thirsty man dreams, and look—he drinks; but he awakes, and indeed he is faint, and his soul still craves: so the multitude of all the nations shall be, who fight against Mount Zion.

9. Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.

10. For the Lord has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep and has closed your eyes, namely, the prophets; and He has covered your heads, namely, the seers.

Apart from the judgments mentioned above, God continued to say that due to their rebellion, they would not understand His word. That is, they would not be able to hear or know what God is saying even if they read or heard His word. This includes those who are expected to understand this word – namely, the prophets and seers – not to mention those without knowledge of God's word, that is, ordinary people. So, He continues to say:
11. The whole vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, “Read this, please”; and he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed”;

12. Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate, saying, “Read this, please”; and he says, “I am not literate.”

Now then, if indeed Muhammad is the one mentioned in Isaiah 29:12, logically, it means he is among those who understand nothing because they are under God's judgment; as we have seen, this chapter is a proclamation of God's judgment due to rebellion. Not bad, though! That is why I said that when you read this argument of the Muslims, you may end up just laughing.
But look at this BOOK given to an illiterate person? Now if this book is intended to be the Quran, who are these people who gave Muhammad this book? So the Quran came from PEOPLE giving it to Muhammad?

However, since Muhammad is now a prophet who understands nothing due to being under God's judgment according to the logic of this scripture, it means that the message he brought to humanity does not come from the God who created heaven and earth. Yes! Unless, deliberately, you reject the existing logic. Why then should you follow such a person?

Make your decisions; your soul is precious, beloved.

Shalom

Dr. Max Shimba, servant of Jesus Christ, the Great God. Titus 2:13