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Let us follow the first interpretation of Shiloh as
given in the Pshitta version: “he to whom it belongs.”
This practically means “the owner of the sceptre and the
law,” or “he who possesses the sovereign and legislative
authority, and his is the obedience of nations.” Who,
then, can this mighty Prince and great Legislator be?
Certainly not Moses (pbuh) , for he was the first organizer
of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, and before him there
never appeared a king or prophet in the tribe of Judah.
Decidedly not David (pbuh) , because he was the first king
and prophet descended from Judah. And evidently not
Jesus (pbuh) Christ (pbuh) , because he himself repudiated the
idea that the Messiah whom Israel was expecting was a
son of David (pbuh) (Matt. xxii. 44, 45; Mark xii. 35-37;
Luke xx. 41-44). He has left no written law, and never
dreamt of assuming the royal sceptre; in fact, he advised
the Jews to be loyal to Ceasar and pay him tribute, and on
one occasion the crowds attempted to make him a king,
but he escaped and hid himself. His Gospel was written
on the tablet of his heart, and he delivered his message of
“good news,” not in scripto, but orally. In this prophecy
there is no question of the salvation from original sin by
the blood neither of a crucified person, nor of a reign of
a god-man over human hearts. Besides, Jesus (pbuh) did
not abrogate the Law of Moses (pbuh) , but he distinctly
declared that he had come to fulfil it; nor was he the last
Prophet; for after him St. Paul speaks of many “prophets”
in the Church.

Muhammad (pbuh) came with military power and the
Quran to replace the old Jewish worn-out sceptre and the
impracticable and old-fashioned law of sacrifices and of a
corrupt priesthood. He proclaimed the purest religion of
the one true God, and laid down the best practical precepts
and rules for morals and conduct of men. He established the
religion of Islam which has united into one real brotherhood