Does Deuteronomy 33:2 predict the coming of Muhammad?

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Does Deuteronomy 33 .2 predict the coming of Muhammad? Deuteronomy 33 .2

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reads as the following, The Lord came from Sinai, and dawned on them from Seir. He shone forth from Mount Paran.

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And He came from the midst of ten thousand holy ones. At His right hand there was flashing lightning for them.

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Muslims argue based on this passage that the passage predicts three separate visitations of God.

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The first is to Moses, which is a reference to Sinai. The second, they argue, is to Jesus, which is the

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Seir. And the third is a reference to Muhammad, which is Mount Paran, or Arabia, as they argue, when

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Muhammad came to Mecca with an army of ten thousand. So that's the

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Muslim argument. In response, there are a number of problems with this Muslim interpretation or view of this passage.

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First, the geography does not allow it. Paran and Seir are near Egypt in the Sinai Peninsula, as Genesis 14 .6,

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Numbers 10 .12, 12 .16 -13 .3, and Deuteronomy 1 .1

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indicate. They're not in Palestine where Jesus ministered. So basically Paran and Seir are near Egypt, not in the

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Sinai Peninsula. Also, Paran is not near Mecca, but is hundreds of miles away in southern

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Palestine in the northeastern Sinai. So it's not even close. Second, this verse is clearly referring to the

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Lord coming, not Muhammad. Ten thousand holy ones is sometimes translated as ten thousand saints, as in the

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King James Version, but this definitely does not refer to ten thousand soldiers, as Muslims argue.

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Third, the context of this passage is said to be one with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the sons of Israel before his death, as Deuteronomy 33 .1

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indicates. If it was a prediction of Islam, which has been a threat to Israel, it would definitely not be a blessing.