it is not a middleman…it's an additional 'buddy' that you ask to protect your 6.
you are still the point man that has to answer to the flack, albeit, with some help and guidance from the background.
well, there is a heavenly order, whether you like it or not. Correctly, you state, and you don't approach God without His Son's OK. His Son did listen to His Mother. Merely asking His Mother to talk to him, is like the steward that said there was no more wine. Who did He acquiesce to, when it still wasn't His time?…