the presence of god

God's presence with us is assured in Matthew 28:19-20.  When you search "presence of God" the phrase is in the Bible 7 times.  Each of these times gives us a picture of how valuable and awesome it is.  The first one is absolutely frightening.  Uzzah had touched the ark of the covenant to steady it (while the Israelites were carrying it on a cart, the wrong way) and Chronicles tells us the following:

1Chr. 13:10 Then the LORD’s anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him dead because he had reached out to the ark. So he died there in the presence of God.
Yikes! Yet there is this first occurrence of the phrase in the Bible.  It was the judgment of God, but at least he died "in the presence of God"....

The next time is in Luke, where the Angel of the Lord gives this magnificent statement to Mary.

Luke 1:19        The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and tell you this good news.
The third time, after Peter's vision on the rooftop, he travels to Cornelius's house (a house full of Gentiles) and they describe the setting:

Acts 10:33 So I immediately sent for you, and it was good of you to come. So now we are all in the presence of God to hear everything you have been commanded by the Lord.”
These are the other four times, also awesome.  Hover over the reference and notice the wonder of the "presence of God"
1 Tim. 6:13; Heb. 9:24; Rev. 8:2, 4
Praise God!