Nice list of intercesstions that you have given me.
But they can be translated to mean more then what you imply, again read them in Context.
The bible according to Jehavahs Witnesses Does NOT imply Jesus was God in any way. So by you telling me that its very clear, is not fact fact to the Jehovas Witnesses only to yourself, and whomsoever agrees with you, for example myself on this very point.
So basically according to us Catholics we can see very cearly that some of the passages you quoted from the bible imply Intercesstion for all men inculding the physically dead.
As you have admitted there is NO passage in the Bible that indicates the physically dead cannot intercede for us. there is more evidence that they can hear us and intercede for us then there is to suggest otherwise.
I did not say Jesus was dead. Never have.
Mk 12:26-27
"As for the dead being raised, have you not read in the Book of Moses, in
the passage about the bush, how God told him, 'I am the God of Abraham,
(the) God of Isaac, and (the) God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead
but of the living. You are greatly misled."
Clearly this put in the correct interpretation of "THE DEAD" Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob to my knowledge have not been resurrected, yet in Mk 12:26-27 God is described as their God who is the God of the LIVING.
They Abraham, Jacob and Issac are LIVING.
Perhaps the most impressive example is the Lord himself venerating John the Baptist,
Matt 11:11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist...
In another instant the Lord not only venerates the woman who anointed him, but also decrees that a memorial shall be made to her,
Matt 26:13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Here we have a direct order from Christ not only to venerate the saints, but also to commemorate them in our public worship. This is why we say at the beginning of the Commemoration of the Saints in the Liturgy, “As this O Lord is the command of Thine only begotten Son that we share in the commemoration of Thy saints.” It’s a command of the Lord!
I dont have much time to write, at the moment but i will be sure to post again shortly.
Peace