"Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that

you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its
effects." (James 5:16)

"First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and

thanksgivings be made for all men, for kings and all who are in high
positions, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, godly and respectful
in every way. This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth."
(1 Timothy 2:1-4)

1 Timothy 2:1-4 says pray for the people, not to them.

Pray means ask. There is nothing wrong with asking people to intercede for
us.

2Ma 12:46 - It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the
dead, that they may be loosed from sins.

Rev 5:8 - And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures and
the four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of
them harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

Eve communicated with, believed and obeyed a fallen angel (the serpent) – Mary
communicated with, believed and obeyed a good angel (Gabriel).

Genesis 3:4-6- “And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely
die... she [Eve] took of the fruit thereof, and did eat...”

Luke 1:26-38- “... the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee... to
a virgin... and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto
her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women... And the
angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God. Behold thou shalt
conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus...
And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to
me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.”

Romans 5:19- “For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the
obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”
1 Corinthians 15:45- “And so it is written, the first man Adam was made a living soul;
the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.”

1 Cor. 10:1-2 – The Bible teaches that the Crossing of the Red Sea (Exodus 14)
prefigured baptism.1 Peter 3:19-21 – The Bible teaches that Noah’s Ark and the Great
Flood prefigured being saved by baptism and the Church.

1 Cor. 5:7 – The Bible teaches that the Passover Lamb, which was sacrificed (Exodus
12), prefigured Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world (John
1:29).

Heb. 8:8-9 – The Bible teaches that the Old Testament system was a “shadow” or figure
of the New Testament.

Matthew 12:40 – The Bible teaches that Jonas’ three days and nights in the belly of the
whale prefigured Jesus Christ’s Resurrection from the dead after three days.

That’s why the Bible says that Christ is the new or second or last Adam. He came to undo
what Adam did.

Hebrews 9:4- “... the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein
was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the
tables of the covenant.” John 6:48-51- “I am that bread of life. Your fathers did
eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down
from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread
which came down from heaven... and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will
give for the life of the world.”