[editor-surveyor]

>> Please understand that the Bible uses “to pray” meaning “to ask earnestly.” <<

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But we are not permitted to even attempt to ask anything of the dead. We are to ask all things of the Father only.

[Mrs. Don-o]

We Christians ask things of God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--- One God--- the Giver of all good things. We ourselves engage in intercessory prayer only because we are members of the Body of Christ. We are living, effective contact with each other through our Head. How could it possibly be otherwise?

"Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad" (John 8:56) Moses as well!

"So in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others" (Romans 12:5)

God is the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob. He is he God of all who believe in Him, past, present, and future, ALL THE SAINTS. How can you possibly say they are dead? "He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken." (Mark 12:27)