The Bible clearly states that Jesus Christ, being Son of God and Son of Man (Med. 2-4), is the only mediator between God the Father and mankind.
Jesus himself said, whilst on earth: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” (John 14,6)
Some time after Jesus’ enthronement in heaven (Med. 6), the apostles Peter and John were brought before the highest Jewish Council in Jerusalem. It was the same Council that had condemned Jesus to death only a few weeks before. There Peter testified to the pre-eminent position God the Father had given to his Son after his resurrection and heavenly enthronement: “Salvation is found in no-one else, for there is no other name (i.e. Jesus Christ) under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4,12)
About the year A.D. 64, the apostle Paul wrote a letter to his co-worker Timothy, probably during his stay in Macedonia. In this pastoral letter Paul reminds Timothy that “there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men.” (1 Timothy 2,5)
One of the practical consequences of Jesus Christ’ enthronement in heaven, after his sacrificial death and glorious resurrection, is that he has opened the way for us to meet God the Father personally. The apostle Paul writes in his letter to the Ephesian Christians: “Through him (i.e. Jesus Christ) we ... have access to the Father ...” (Ephesians 2,18)
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