Murad wrote:Question for debate:
Why was Jesus so special when compared to the other prohets?(Besides being a Messiah)
Your question includes and excludes the answer at the same time for what made Jesus exceptional was the very thing you don't want to consider - Jesus was The Messiah.
All the prophets the preceded him in some way spoke or prefigured Jesus from Moses to Daniel thus Jesus uniquely was the embodiment of everything ever written in scritpure. While other prophets performed single or even multiple acts of God, no one Prophet did them ALL. No other prophet had a pre-human existence, no other prophet was born of a virgin as a perfect human, no other Prophet died in payment for the "original sin" thus giving humans the opportunity to live forever and never die and no other prophet was bought back to life directy by the Almighty to be raised to heaven as a spirit to regain his heavenly existence in an exulted position. No other prophet was subsequently giving kingly authority to destroy the wicked and take over complete control of the planet. No other prophet has an eternal position above all living beings except God. Jesus wasn't A prophet, Jesus was THE Prophet.
Regarding your list, the word and the lives of the Hebrew Prophets prefigured (provided examples) of what the Messiah would later do, so people would know what to look for. So all of this is proof that Jesus was the Messiah so instead of saying "so did he" it is more appropriate to say "
thus proving Jesus was the messiah.."
To illustrate: Suppose someone was coming to visit you but you didn't know what he looked like or have a picture. Someone that knew what he looked like might say "well he's got a beard like Mr Grey the Grocer, he's very tall like Michel Jordan, he's very noble and intelligent, like Abraham Lincoln ... when someoen comes along with a Beard like Mr Grey, as Tall as Jordan and speaks like Lincoln it would be unreasonable to say "Hmm it can't be HIM because, Mr Grey had a beard so does he, this man is tall but so was Michel Jordan and he is very wise but so was Abraham Lincoln... The person you are trying to identify MUST by definition be like those that came before but this one doesn't have ONE of the features he has ALL of them. So we can conclude, this must be the one!
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Born without a Father (Hebrews 7:3) Mechizedek was of course not born literally without a father (see scriptures below)*
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Fed the multitudes (II Kings 4:42-44)
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Walked on water; Similar to Moses (Exodus 14:22) -- although of course Moses didn't literally walk ON the red sea...
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Healed the lepers and blind; So did others (II Kings 5:14, 6:17, Acts 3:7, Acts 5:15-16)
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Brought the dead to life; So did others (I Kings 17:22, II Kings 4:34, 13:21, Ezekiel 37:1-14)
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Cast out devils; Said others can too (Matthew 7:22, 12:27, Luke 11:19)
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Rose from the dead; So did others (Ezekiel 37:1-14)
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Ascended to heavens; So did other prophets (Genesis 5:24, Hebrews 11:5, II Kings 2:11-12)
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#1. Born without a Father (Hebrews 7:3)
New International Version (©1984)
Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever.
New Living Translation (©2007)
There is no record of his father or mother or any of his ancestors--no beginning or end to his life. He remains a priest forever, resembling the Son of God.
International Standard Version (©2008)
He has no father, mother, or genealogy, no birth date recorded for him, nor a date of death. Like the Son of God, he continues to be a priest forever.
GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
No one knows anything about Melchizedek's father, mother, or ancestors. No one knows when he was born or when he died. Like the Son of God, Melchizedek continues to be a priest forever.
