What does scripture mean when it says Jesus is now "at the right hand" of God?

Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that
is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh
intercession for us. [Rom. 8:34]

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places... [Eph. 1:20]

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and
is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. [Heb. 12:2]

But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, [Acts 7:55]

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. [Rev. 3:21]

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Brother, I love your questions and the issues you raise. The responses to your question here should bring forth as many different opinions as there are religious schools of thought.

Some will see God (the Ancient of Days) and ‘Jesus’ (one like the son of man) as portrayed in Daniel 7:13, complete with hair, limbs, robes, etc. Or, as showing another interaction of the Lamb of God (Jesus) taking the scroll of seven seals out of the Father’s (God’s) hand in Revelation 5. The Spirit of God (perhaps including the other seven spirits of God also), are all off doing whatever they do when not identified in the scriptures doing something in particular, which could result in some folks believing that there could be something between one to ten gods in heaven. These are just a sampling of the scripturally expressed divisions between the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Then there are those who say that since God is a Spirit, He has no real ‘hands’ or ‘sides’ (Anthropomorphic terms used in scripture to describe the attributes of God in terms humans can relate to) and therefore Jesus, being one and the same as His Father as well as the Holy Spirit, the scriptural references of Jesus sitting or standing on the ‘right hand/side’ of the God/Father is simply a metaphor for God/Jesus/Father/Spirit demonstrating Himself to man as being in the place of all power and authority. These are just a sampling of the scriptures that declare that God is ‘one’.

Then, there are those who find themselves somewhere between these two extremes. I look forward to reading the ideas that might be offered.

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