It is not a request, it is a statement often found in worship, often a friendly command like meaning showing a suggestion and resolution at the same time: "come, let us worship.together."
Yeah, the grammatical construction of this thing called first-person plural imperative is unfortunate. It's really just saying "Let's do this", but it sounds like begging the govt's permission, "Please, O sacred behemoth of totalitarian dictatorship, in thy grand mercy please allow us to exercise the first civil right listed in the first sentence of the first Amendment."
lol "let us" they asked, and then Jesus wept.
It is not a request, it is a statement often found in worship, often a friendly command like meaning showing a suggestion and resolution at the same time: "come, let us worship.together."
Yeah, the grammatical construction of this thing called first-person plural imperative is unfortunate. It's really just saying "Let's do this", but it sounds like begging the govt's permission, "Please, O sacred behemoth of totalitarian dictatorship, in thy grand mercy please allow us to exercise the first civil right listed in the first sentence of the first Amendment."
And when Pharoah didn't, they still went.
And these Christians in the post still worshipped, so what's your point?