Every time Scripture describes Jesus after the resurrection he is seated at the right hand of God. Psalm 110. Hebrews 1. Mark 16. Always seated. Except once. Acts 7. Stephen is being stoned outside the city. He looks up and sees Jesus standing. In the ancient world a judge was seated. But a witness stood to acknowledge what they had seen. Jesus stood for Stephen. Not as a judge. As a witness. Matthew 10:32. Whoever acknowledges me before others I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

Daniel prayed for 21 days and heard nothing. Then a supernatural being appeared and told him what had actually been happening the entire time. Daniel 10:12-13. Since the first day your words were heard and I have come in response to them. But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty one days. The moment Daniel began to pray the answer was dispatched. Day one. Not day twenty one. A demonic being assigned to the nation of Persia physically blocked a heavenly messenger for 21 days. Unti