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7'l uslin C bristi an Oi alogue60Finally Isaiah 2l : I 7: concludes with ". ..the mighty men of thechildren of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the Lord God if Israelhath spoken it." Kedar is the second son of Ishmael (Genesis25:13) from whom ultimately Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) arose.In the beginning the children of Kedar were attacking Muhammad(PBUH) and his companions. But as many of them acceptedIslam, the number of children of Kedar who resisted, diminished.In some Bible verses Kedar is synoqrmous with Arab in General,as in Ezekiel 27:21: Arabia, and all the Princes of Kedar..."The ProphetLike Unto iflosesGod addressed Moses (Deuteronomy 18:18): "I will raise themup a Prophet from among their brethren. like unto thee (Moses),and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto themall that I shall command him."1. Brethren of Israelites (descendants ofAbraham through Isaac)are Ishmaelites (descendants of Abraham through Ishmael).Jesus is here excluded as he is an Israelite; otherwise it shouldbe written "a Prophet from among yourselves."2. Is Muhammad not like unto Moses? If not accepted, thispromise has yet to be fulfilled. The table below, taken from Al-Ittihad, January-March 1982, page 41, is self-explanatory.3. "put my words in his mouth." So God's revelation came throughGabriel, and Prophet Muhammad's own thinking was notinvolved. But this applied to all Divine revelation. Perhaps herementioned specifically because compared with the revelationto Moses which came in'vritten tablets" as believed.Following is a comparison between a few crucial characteristicsof Moses, Muhammad and Jesus which may clarifu the identity of"that prophet" who was to come after Moses: