Do you know how I know you didn't read the link I posted?
I did read it. No where in there was it said in scripture that the dead can pray for the living. It's a series of misinterpreted and out of context passages that in no way substantiate what your implying. So I will ask again: please show scripturally that requests for intercession from the dead is preached or spoken of bionically. Because I can post NUMEROUS passages, in context, that will say otherwise.
Does Paul say that we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses? Can the dead do anything at all, much less pray for anyone?
Are those who are in Heaven alive or dead?
Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV / For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten
Psalm 146:4 ESV / When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish
Psalm 115:17 ESV / The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence
I can go on if you'd like
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