Saints in Heaven Are Alive: Transfiguration and Revelation Show Conscious Intercession
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The speaker addresses the objection that praying to saints is praying to dead people, acknowledging that Mary and the apostles have died. He cites Ecclesiastes, which says the dead know nothing, but counters with the Transfiguration, where Moses appears alive and speaks with Jesus despite his earthly death. Jesus declares that he is the God of the living, not the dead.
The Book of Revelation depicts saints in heaven consciously crying out to God, asking him to act on earth. From these passages, the speaker concludes that the saints are conscious and interceding, and that asking for their intercession is more apostolic than relying on the canon alone.
Key moments
- Mary and the apostles are dead people, yet Christians pray to them.
- Scripture says the dead know nothing, referencing Ecclesiastes.
- Moses physically spoke with Jesus at the Transfiguration despite his earthly death.
- Jesus says he is the God of the living, not the dead.
- In Revelation, saints in heaven cry out to God asking him to act on earth.
- This shows the saints are conscious and interceding.
- Asking saints to intercede for us is more apostolic than the canon.
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