Acts 7 – The Listening Plan

Devotional

But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

– Acts 7:55-56

Though it would not be appropriate to take this to mean that Jesus stands at all times to receive His witnesses (martyrs) into His presence, it certainly is a beautiful picture that Stephen (the first recorded Christian martyr) was welcomed into heaven by our Lord “standing at the right hand of God.”