Did Christians and Jews Expect a Prophet Near Medina?

"To further add to the Missionarys dismay and bankruptcy, it is known that the Jews and Christians were in expectance of a Prophet, whom they thought would assist them against their wars with the Arabs. Hence, significant numbers of them had settled around Yathrib (Medinah) awaiting this Prophet. However, when they noted that the Prophet was not from the lineage of the Jews, but from the Arabs, they fell into arrogant rejection." The Shaikh makes up the fantastic claim that Jews and Christians had moved to around Medina to await the final prophet. It is no more accurate for him to say Christians were expecting another prophet than for him to say that Sunni Muslims are expecting another prophet. Both statements are equally false. The Jews who had rejected Jesus were still waiting for this prophet, which the Old Testament clearly indicates would come from Jewish lineage (Num 24:17, Jer 23:5, Isaiah 11:1, etc.), not an Arabic lineage. The Bible never refers to multiple Messiahs, but ...  more