From the Daily Sceptic... Matthew 24:9 is coming true: you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake...
https://twitter.com/01brain_dead/status/1790607386908201078
"Muslim candidates and elected representatives… need make no excuses for their personal faith. To criticise a Muslim, or any other minority, for the illiberal tenets of their faith would be prejudicial. But Christians? They’re fair game."
that to me is like saying that Jesus can't handle all our prayers Himself.
on earth, in human form, we ask our brothers and sisters to pray for us and with us because we are told that where two or more are gathered together in His name (Jesus' name) it shall be done.
Jesus said no one comes to the Father but through the Son.
The Bible literally references intercession:
1 Sam 7:8
You'll find other references in the Bible about outcries being so great God acts, so why wouldn't you enlist other people to assist in your petitions by asking them to pray for you?:
Genesis 19:13
As far as no one coming to the Father except through the Son that means there is no salvation except through Jesus, no eternal life except through Jesus, not that you can't pray to God directly or ask others, living or dead, to do so on your behalf.