What does that have to do with intercession? I showed from Revelation that those in Heaven are aware of what is happening on Earth and that they take the prayers from those on Earth in the form of incense (does you Church use incense?) to God.
Actually not, since this is a Biblical teaching.
It's not the ONLY approach.
Obviously they can because they are bringing bowls of incense (prayers of those on earth) to God.
They are interceding on our behalf (taking the prayers of those on earth to God).
What is blasphamy?
Show me!
Actually, its going very well! The Scriptures are clear along with the historical teaching of the Church.
No bow down before them.Bow down and SERVE them. That is the context. Orthodox DO NOT worship icons. I am tired of non-Orthodox telling us what they think they know about us! If you want to learn about Orthodoxy, learn from Orthodox sources. I've go plenty of good ones to share.
There are plenty of examples of bowing in Scripture that is not worship and is out of respect and perfectly fine (again, just as Orthodox bow to in icon out of respect for the person it depicts):
2 Kings 2:15-16
~ 15 Now when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho saw him over against them, they said, “The spirit of Eli′jah rests on Eli′sha.” And they came to meet him, and bowed to the ground before him. 16 And they said to him, “Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; pray, let them go, and seek your master; it may be that the Spirit of the Lord has caught him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley.” And he said, “You shall not send.” 17 But when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, “Send.” They sent therefore fifty men; and for three days they sought him but did not find him. 18 And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho, and he said to them, “Did I not say to you, Do not go?”
Is Elisha being worshiped by these folks? I mean, they bowed before him. I am surprised that for one, God didn't strike them dead where they stand and second, that Elisha did not stop them from bowing before him.
2 Sammuel 1:2
~ On the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn and dust on his head. And it came about when he came to David that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself.
Is Saul worshiping David?
Genesis 33:3
~ But he himself passed on ahead of them and bowed down to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Holy smokes, Jacob bows down 7 times before his brother! Is this worship?
Genesis 49:8
~ Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
Your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
I mean, this is God speaking to Judah telling him that his brothers will "bow down" to him.
Exodus 18:7
~ Then Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and he bowed down and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent.
Another example of worship, Moses worshiping his father-in-law!
I mean, I could go on and on here. The context is bowing AND serving idols, not bowing!
As do Orthodox Christians
You are not to debate non RCs are you or has this been moved. But it makes no difference. No bowing before statues or images is clear.
Yet they bring the prayers of those on earth to God, so they know something.
This is in the context of worshiping them. Orthodox do not worship images.
Yet God instructs Moses to set up images on the Ark of the Covenant and Solomon erects images in the Temple. This has to do with worshiping false Gods.
This is all in the context of worship. We see that there is bowing all over the place in Scripture, as I showed above. I only provided a handful of countless examples of people bowing to others. Again, its the worship of an idol, not bowing in general.
AND WORSHIPING THEM! This is the context, bowing and worship. Not bowing out of respect, which is all over the Scriptures. Again, as I pointed out in another post.
No you changed it to worshipping them. I am following what scripture clearly says about not making them for a start and not to bow down before them.
They know to bring them, but that doesn't necessitate fully knowing them.
Wrong! Orthodox Christians do no worship them.
Wrong You brought in worship I didn't. I was quoting scripture that says do not make them, do not bow before them. Then you decide to carry on about worship. I did not write scripture.
Why not? Those in Heaven have full knowledge of whats going on down here on earth.
Prove that claim, it would be interesting.
I have! Revelation has show many times that those in heaven are aware of what is happening on earth. This has also been a solid teaching of the Christian faith until roughly 500 years ago.
Yes, they are carrying the prayers of those on earth to the Lord. This is what the Orthodox Christian faith calls interceding on our behalf.
You are correct, I don't know.
Yes, and? What does this have to do with intercessory prayer?
So can I
along with the Scriptural commentary of the first 1500 years of Christian belief. Actually, I doesn't!