The Bible doesn't instruct to pray to Jesus

[Runningman]

hmmm, respectfully, I would deduct from your reply that you are unfamiliar with the book of Revelation.....let alone accounts like John 20:28, Luke 24:52, Matthew 28:9 and Matthew 28:18

There are no confessions of Jesus being God, being prayed to, or worshipped in the entire book of Revelation. I welcome you to show otherwise if you have discovered anything.

I might add, several have brought this up already. All of them didn't take into account the context in which Jesus isn't the throne sitter or the same referent as God. The Lamb is never Lord God Almighty in the Bible.

Revelation 21
22But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

 

[quietthinker]

There are no confessions of Jesus being God, being prayed to, or worshipped in the entire book of Revelation. I welcome you to show otherwise if you have discovered anything.

I might add, several have brought this up already. All of them didn't take into account the context in which Jesus isn't the throne sitter or the same referent as God. The Lamb is never Lord God Almighty in the Bible.

Revelation 21
22But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

I guess you are not trinitarian?

Allow me to explain this.....
God is relational. If God from eternity before anything existed either on a physical or a spiritual plane were singular then he is not relational. Relational means there is another to have relationship with. In the case of the trinitarian view there is the Father, the Son and the Spirit. All are God. In human form the Son was subordinate to the Father; that was one of the limitations he submitted himself to so that we could relate to God in a real way. Relating to a Spirit (which God essentially is) for fallen flesh and blood is outside of possibility. God became human so we could relate with his core.
Interestingly, we are told that Jesus has received a name above every other name. (that is another thing to explore) We are also told he is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.

Perhaps you could speak to this before we look at Revelation?