Jesus (the Son of Man) affirmed He is the proper recipient of prayer

Fred

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One of the ways Daniel rendered pelach (serve) unto God (6:16) was by his prayers (6:10).

Daniel 6:10, 16
(10) Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.
(16) Then the king gave orders, and Daniel was brought in and cast into the lions’ den. The king spoke and said to Daniel, Your God whom you constantly serve will Himself deliver you.


Since the Lord Jesus is the proper recipient of pelach (serve) in Daniel 7:14 means He taught He is the proper recipient of prayer.

Daniel 7:13-14
(13) I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven one like a Son of Man was coming, and He came up to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him.
(14) And to Him was given dominion, glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations and men of every language might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away; and His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed.


The Lord Jesus identified Himself as the Son of Man whom Daniel spoke of in Daniel 7 to the Jewish leaders in Matthew 26:64; Mark 14:62; and Luke 22:69.
 
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Concerning the Aramaic word "pelach":

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT): The original meaning of the root was "to cleave [open]" or "divide in two." From this meaning was derived the idea of cultivating a field and ultimately of cultivating (i.e. working hard at) the worship of a deity, hence the idea of service or worship of a deity. In Biblical Hebrew, the root is used only in the sense of cleave or split, and apparently did not develop into a term for religious service, as is the case in Aramaic. (page 1059, #2940, Charles D. Isbell, the boldface is mine)
 
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