Again the confusion is yours. We are not confused. We aren't worshiping a priest any more than you worship your pastor which is to say not at all.
I don't go to any church, nor do I have a "father" or a "saint" or a "reverend" etc etc etc, so your assumption that I have a pastor is a moot point. Its all organized religion to suit the whim of whomever is teaching that particular doctrine.
When you say "we"....who is exactly "we?"
Pretty much everyone who doesn't believe as you do.
And that is the point. Well, somewhere in the gist of this thread.
But, if you, the spokesperson of the "we" want to grovel at a human man in a fancy robe or a woman standing at a pulpit ...then by all means knock yourself out.
I'm still waiting for a real discussion on what the bible says (that man picked and chose to even put in the book called the bible) there shall be no worship of statues, idols or other people...yet...they do.
The Bible(Ezekiel 28) also says not to fall for the son of perdition who would be an image called perfect (sinless) deemed
Christ (anointed)
Nazarene(cherub= guardian).
The Bible clearly reveals the name of Moshiach but that too they disregard.
The Bible (*Mikra) states the name is in the Bible(MIKra), in the Mikdash (Temple), remembered in the Seventh (Sheva)day Shevot,In the Torah portions like Miketz and Shevitz, will clense us from death (MIKvah),
will remove the chaff from the wheat (DOSHer) and veil from our eyes SO the Temple is also called the MIKdosh, name is in the Holy city YeruShalem.
None of these have the name Jesus in them.
All of them tell of one singular figure first and last name.-Dan 10:20-21, Dan 12:1-4
*Familiar words reused by the Hebrew language like "ra" is now used meaning
"Father in Heaven", not to be confused with Ra the Egyptian god. This is why when it says Moshiach is in the name of the Bible that Bible is calked MIKRA=Mike(Mikah) is the **Father in Heaven.
(**I.E. Arch (top)Spiritual leader aka head of hosts aka head Kohanim)
The Groom
In Judaism the bride get's married/ in union With the groom at
Night (Evening Star=Michael).
Christians are the bride by Day (morning star Lucifer-rev 22:16).
The Groom is Michael in Torah Comentary:
The Maharal of Prague says that this is the secret of Yerushalayim: that Yerushalayim is the joining together of the groom and the bride. Anyone who gladdens the groom and the bride is considered as if he built up one of the ruins of Yerushalayim. When the groom and bride are joined together, then one of the ruins of Yerushalayim is put together again. The bride is the 216; she is the gevurot, and the groom is the “shaleim,” the completion. He bestows completion on the bride, which are the 370 masculine spiritual lights. The Maharal says that Rav Shmuel bar Nachmeini said: "The groom is Michael".
This is why they say the temple (MIKdash) is in his name, and that the name would be in
the MIKra (the Bible), and that his name and essence would be in the Holy city yeruShalem which name is secreted in the original Canaanite transliteration.
It's also why they said the names would be in the Torah portion Like Miketz and Shevitz.
Sources:
The Name"(HaShem)of God will be in his name-(EXODUS 23:20-21 & Hebrew Version of Micah 4:5)
Moshiach lifts the veil from our eyes.-Isaiah 25:7.
Moshiach must have his name in
"the bible" (Mikra)-Melakim
{I Kings8:43} Torah-Devarim 14:22
The Torah portions(Miketz,Shevitz)must
carry his first and last name.
Helps to know Hebrew; MIKEtz-
(Ketz; lit., `end': a particularly auspicious time for Mashiach to bring the exile to an end)
The name must be in the Temple (Mikdash)-
Melakim {I Kings8:43}(2Chronicles6)
Ma'aser Sheni in the Torah says
About tithing the produced food and eating it at the Temple:
“at the site that He shall choose to place His Name”
and the name must be in
the holy city of YeruShalem.
-(1 Kings 11:36 &in dead sea scrolls: Words of the Archangel Michael scroll 4Q529, 6Q23)
The Gemarah (Baba Batra 75)
Sefer D’varim (12:5, 11, 14, 18, 21; 14:23,24, 25; 15:20; 16:2, 6, 7, 11, 15, 16; 17:8, 10; 18:6; 26:2; 31:11)
The name must be remembered by the Sheva (7th) day kept holy.
The Name"(HaShem)of God will be in his name-(EXODUS 23:20-21 & Hebrew Version of Micah 4:5)
Moshiach lifts the veil from our eyes.
-Isaiah 25:7.
Moshiach must have his name in
"the bible" (Mikra)-Melakim
{I Kings8:43} Torah-Devarim 14:22
The Torah portions(Miketz,Shevitz)must
carry his first and last name.
Helps to know Hebrew; MIKEtz-
(Ketz; lit., `end': a particularly auspicious time for Mashiach to bring the exile to an end)
The name must be in the Temple (Mikdash)-
Melakim {I Kings8:43}(2Chronicles6)
Ma'aser Sheni in the Torah says
About tithing the produced food and eating it at the Temple:
“at the site that He shall choose to place His Name”
and the name must be in
the holy city of YeruShalem.
-(1 Kings 11:36 &in dead sea scrolls: Words of the Archangel Michael scroll 4Q529, 6Q23)
The Gemarah (Baba Batra 75)
Sefer D’varim (12:5, 11, 14, 18, 21; 14:23,24, 25; 15:20; 16:2, 6, 7, 11, 15, 16; 17:8, 10; 18:6; 26:2; 31:11)
The name must be remembered by the Sheva (7th) day kept holy.