The Biblical prophecies on the advent of the Prophet Muhammad t are evidence of the truth of Islam for people who believe in the Bible. 

In Deuteronomy 18:18, Moses stated that God told him: 

"I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. If anyone does not listen to mywords that the prophet speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account." (Deuteronomy 18:18-19 NIVI)¹

From these verses we conclude that the prophet to be sent by God is: 

1) From among the Israelite's "brothers," a reference to their Ishmaelite cousins. Ishmael, the other son of Abraham, is an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad 

2) A prophet like Moses. There were hardly any two prophets who were so much alike as Moses and Muhammad. Both were given a comprehensive law and code of life. Both encountered their enemies and were victorious in miraculous ways. Both were accepted as prophets and statesmen. Both migrated following conspiracies to assassinate them. Analogies between Moses and Jesus overlook not only the above similarities but other crucial ones as well. These include the natural birth, the family life, and death of Moses and Muhammad, but not of Jesus. Moreover Jesus was regarded by his followers as the Son of God and not exclusively as a prophet of God, as Moses and Muhammad, were and as Muslims believe Jesus was. 

So, this prophecy refers to the Prophet Muhammad and not to Jesus, because Muhammad, is more like Moses than Jesus. 

Also, one notices from the Gospel of John that the Jews were waiting for the fulfillment of three distinct prophecies. The first was the coming of Christ. The second was the coming of Elijah. 

The third was the coming of the Prophet. This is obvious from the three questions that were posed to John the Baptist: "Now this was John's testimony, when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, "I am not the Christ." They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No." (John 1:19-21 NIV). If we look in a Bible which has cross-references, we will find in the marginal notes where the words "the Prophet" occur in John 1:21, that these words refer to the prophecy of Deuteronomy 18:15 and 18:18.² We conclude from all of this that the prophecy in Deuteronomy 18:18 does not refer to Jesus Christ but to the Prophet Muhammad 

Note that God said in the verse after the prophecy in Deuteronomy 18:18, "If anyone does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name, I Myself will call him to account." (Deuteronomy, 18:19 NIV). This means that whoever believes in the Bible must believe in what this prophet says, and this prophet is the Prophet Muhammad³

(1)NIV: The NIV Study Bible, New International Version.
(2)See the marginal notes in The NIV Study Bible, New InternationalVersion on verse 1:21, p. 1594.
(3)For more details about this subject, please refer to the pamphlet entitled "Biblical Prophecies on the Advent of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam." For a copy of this pamphlet, please contact one of the organizations listed on click here