) On numerous occasions, for example in the 1983 TV special Star Trek Memories ( which is often syndicated along with The Original Series ), Nimoy recounts how as a child, he peeked during the blessing and witnessed the gesture, although the congregation are supposed to put hands over eyes or turn away at this moment in acknowledgement of the presence of the Almighty.

4-8 ) they are described as being forever in God's presence and praising him: " Day and night with out ceasing they sing: ' Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.

: I, as the President, upon the Holy Qur ' an and in the presence of the Iranian nation, do hereby swear in the name of Almighty God to safeguard the official Faith, the system of the Islamic republic and the Constitution of the country ; to use all my talents and abilities in the discharge of responsibilities undertaken by me ; to devote myself to the service of the people, glory of the country, promotion of religion and morality, support of right and propagation of justice ; to refrain from being autocratic ; to protect the freedom and dignity of individuals and the rights of the Nation recognized by the Constitution ; to spare no efforts in safeguarding the frontiers and the political, economic and cultural freedoms of the country ; to guard the power entrusted to me by the Nation as a sacred trust like an honest and faithful trustee, by seeking help from God and following the example of the Prophet of Islam and the sacred Imams, peace be upon them, and to entrust it to the one elected by the Nation after me.

: I, name, King of the Albanians, on ascending the Throne of the Albanian Kingdom and assuming the Royal powers, swear in the presence of God Almighty that I will maintain national unity, the independence of the state, and its territorial integrity, and I will maintain and conform to the statute and laws in force, having the good of the people always in mind.

If they do it from the bottom of the heart, fully recognizing the presence of the Almighty Guru, with full conviction that it is being heard and it shall be answered, after taking a Hukam from Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.

I, AB., do solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will do my utmost, at every risk, while life lasts, to make versions, according to Luby, establish in ' Ireland an independent Democratic Republic ; that I will yield implicit obedience, in all things not contrary to the law of God of morality ' to the commands of my superior officers ; and that I shall preserve inviolable secrecy regarding all the transactions of this secret society that may be confided in me.

I am sent from the presence of the Almighty God to tell you that your peculiar birth and misunderstood life has been to indicate that you are to take a gift of Divine healing to the peoples of the world.

This Oath required the person taking it to " abhor, renounce and disown in the presence of Almighty God, the pretended Declaration of War " Vindication " lately affixed at several parish churches, in so far as it declares war against his sacred Majesty, and asserts that it is lawful to kill such as serve his Majesty in Church, State, Army or Country, or such as act against the authors of the pretended Declaration now shown to me.

Weeks later, before dawn, at St. Patrick ’ s Cathedral, in the presence of the Almighty, it ’ s payback time.

* In English: In the presence of Almighty God I do solemnly and sincerely promise and declare that I will maintain the Constitution of Ireland and uphold its laws, that I will fulfil my duties faithfully and conscientiously in accordance with the Constitution and the law, and that I will dedicate my abilities to the service and the welfare of the people of Ireland.

Since the natives of that place, who will be concerned in our plantation, are utterly strangers to Christianity, whose idolatry, ignorance, or mistake gives us no right to expel or use them ill ; and those who remove from other parts to plant there will unavoidably be of different opinions concerning matters of religion, the liberty whereof they will expect to have allowed them, and it will not be reasonable for us, on this account, to keep them out ; that civil peace may be maintained amidst diversity of opinions, and our agreement and compact with all men may be duly and faithfully observed ; the violation whereof, upon what presence soever, cannot be without great offence to Almighty God, and great scandal to the true religion which we profess ; and also that Jews, heathens, and other dissenters from the purity of Christian religion may not be scared and kept at a distance from it, but, by having an opportunity of acquainting themselves with the truth and reasonableness of its doctrines, and the peaceableness and inoffensiveness of its professors, may, by good usage and persuasion, and all those convincing methods of gentleness and meekness, suitable to the rules and design of the gospel, be won over to embrace and unfeignedly receive the truth ; therefore, any seven or more persons agreeing in any religion, shall constitute a church or profession, to which they shall give some name, to distinguish it from others.

The cold, mysterious presence of God was all around him.

Now to him who is able to preserve you without sin and to set you before the presence of his glory, without blemish, in gladness, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, belong glory and majesty, dominion and authority, before all time, and now, and forever.

On hearing that God had blessed Obed-edom because of the presence of the Ark in his house, David had the Ark brought to Zion by the Levites, while he himself, " girded with a linen ephod ," " danced before the Lord with all his might " and in the sight of all the public gathered in Jerusalem — a performance that caused him to be scornfully rebuked by his first wife, Saul's daughter Michal ( 2 Sam.

Eli's sons prove unworthy of the priesthood and are destroyed by God, but the child Samuel grows up " in the presence of the Lord.

Ezekiel's phrase “ glory of YHWH ” ( glory of Yahweh ) describes the presence of the God of Israel which filled the Temple.

God is believed to be infinite and God's presence may be perceived through the actions of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

Most Protestants reject the doctrine of Purgatory on the basis that, according to the Protestant interpretation of Scripture, Christ has already made full atonement for our sins on the cross, thereby removing all obstacles which prevent us from coming directly into the presence of God after death.

While God does not change, our perception of God does, and so, Jews are open to new experiences of God's presence.

Judaism and major sects of Christianity reject the view that God is entirely immanent ( although some see this as the concept of the Holy Ghost ) and within the world as a physical presence, ( although trinitarian Christians believe in the incarnation of God ).

The LDS belief is that Christ's divinity qualified him to return to the presence of God after his death and resurrection.

Moses goes up the mountain into the presence of God, who pronounces the Covenant Code ( a detailed code of ritual and civil law ), and promises Canaan to them if they obey.

God calls Moses up the mountain together with Aaron and the elders of Israel, and they all feast in the presence of God.

The Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry document of the World Council of Churches, attempting to present the common understanding of the Eucharist on the part of the generality of Christians, describes it as " essentially the sacrament of the gift which God makes to us in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit ", " Thanksgiving to the Father ", " Anamnesis or Memorial of Christ ", " the sacrament of the unique sacrifice of Christ, who ever lives to make intercession for us ", " the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, the sacrament of his real presence ", " Invocation of the Spirit ", " Communion of the Faithful ", and " Meal of the Kingdom ".

" The attempt by some twentieth-century Catholic theologians to present the Eucharistic change as an alteration of significance ( transignification rather than transubstantiation ) was rejected by Pope Paul VI in his 1965 encyclical letter Mysterium fidei In his 1968 Credo of the People of God, he reiterated that any theological explanation of the doctrine must hold to the twofold claim that, after the consecration, 1 ) Christ's body and blood are really present ; and 2 ) bread and wine are really absent ; and this presence and absence is real and not merely something in the mind of the believer.

More recent Quaker commentators have noted points of contact between the denominations: both claim the actual presence of God in their meetings, and both allow the collective opinion of the church to augment Biblical teaching.

Minnich, Behe, and Paley reach the same conclusion, that complex organisms must have been designed using the same reasoning, except that Professors Behe and Minnich refuse to identify the designer, whereas Paley inferred from the presence of design that it was God.

He saw the presence of God in his creation, including mankind, which, apart from the harmful influence of society, is good, because God is good.

Ordered by God to go to the city of Nineveh to prophesy against it " for their great wickedness is come up before me ," Jonah seeks instead to flee from " the presence of the Lord " by going to Jaffa and sailing to Tarshish, which, geographically, is in the opposite direction.

Leviticus rests in two crucial beliefs: the first, that the world was created " very good " and retains the capacity to achieve that state although it is vulnerable to sin and defilement ; the second, that the faithful enactment of ritual makes God's presence available, while ignoring or breaching it compromises the harmony between God and the world.

Most scholars see chapters 1 – 16 ( the Priestly code ) and chapters 17 – 26 ( the Holiness code ) as the work of two related schools, but while the Holiness material employs the same technical terms as the Priestly code, it broadens their meaning from pure ritual to the theological and moral, turning the ritual of the Priestly code into a model for the relationship of Israel to God: as the tabernacle is made holy by the presence of the Lord and kept apart from uncleanliness, so He will dwell among Israel when Israel is purified ( made holy ) and separated from other peoples.

It concludes that the closest parallels with Isaiah's description of the king of Babylon as a fallen morning star cast down from heaven are to be found not in any lost Canaanite and other myths but in traditional ideas of the Jewish people themselves, echoed in the Biblical account of the fall of Adam and Eve, cast out of God's presence for wishing to be as God, and the picture in of the " gods " and " sons of the Most High " destined to die and fall.

Since they could see me but I not them, their presence in the hall disturbed me.

I mean such concepts as the presence of the supernatural in human affairs, the sacraments of grace and divine retribution, the idea of preordainment ( the oracle over Oedipus, the prophecy of the witches to Macbeth, or God's covenant with His people in Athalie ).

Her presence only made Letch more distant and irritable and, in the hurry of buying Chateau Belletch, I had neglected to consider a room for Baby-dear, so there was no place to put her, anyhow.

No wonder that Pozzatti and I had at times difficulty in remembering the real purpose of our presence, namely, Cultural Exchange.

I felt it would be inopportune to disclose my presence.

How often have I looked to Jesus when entering the sick room, asking for His presence and help in my professional duties as I give my talents not only as the world giveth but as one who loves the Saviour and His creatures.

The dedication took place on 26 December 537 in the presence of the emperor, who exclaimed, " O Solomon, I have outdone thee!

The process was gradual rather than swift: a strong Egyptian presence continued into the 12th century BCE, and, while some Canaanite cities were destroyed, others continued to exist in Iron I.

Hunter ( 2000 ) states that in relation to King Bridei I of the Picts in the sixth century: " As for Shetland, Orkney, Skye and the Western Isles, their inhabitants, most of whom appear to have been Pictish in culture and speech at this time, are likely to have regarded Bridei as a fairly distant presence .”

His last words to his followers were, " If I did not so fully believe, that the Lord has designated me to place our society before His presence in the land of Canaan, I would consider this my last ".

The presence of family compensated Reynolds for the absence of a wife ; he wrote on one occasion to his friend Bennet Langton, that both his sister and niece were away from home " so that I am quite a bachelor.

In addition to the other conquests, the Empire established a presence in Visigothic Spain, when the usurper Athanagild requested assistance in his rebellion against king Agila I.

So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring home, Rebekah said to her son Jacob, " Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying, ' Bring me some game and prepare a savory dish for me, that I may eat, and bless you in the presence of the lord before my death.

It was the largest battle in Europe prior to World War I and ended Napoleon's presence in Germany and would ultimately lead to his first exile on Elba.

Henry II probably wanted to force the presence of Bolesław I in Merseburg and make him explain his actions.

Selim I established Ottoman rule in Egypt, and created a naval presence on the Red Sea.

It is, indeed, obvious that the presence of gemmules in the blood can form no necessary part of my hypothesis ; for I refer in illustration of it to the lowest animals, such as the Protozoa, which do not possess blood or any vessels ; and I refer to plants in which the fluid, when present in the vessels, cannot be considered as true blood.

" He goes on to admit: " Nevertheless, when I first heard of Mr. Galton's experiments, I did not sufficiently reflect on the subject, and saw not the difficulty of believing in the presence of gemmules in the blood.

In 1435 he was sent by Cardinal Albergati, Eugenius IV's legate at the council, on a secret mission to Scotland, the object of which is variously related even by himself < ref > In his Commentaries, he briefly mentions that that he was sent to Scotland " to help a prelate come back into the King's favour " and later mentions that once in the presence of the King ( James I ) he was granted everything he had come to Scotland for.

In a court run by a bishop and a representative of the emperor, and in the presence of Gregory, Ingoald, the Abbot of Farfa, claimed that the Frankish emperors had granted them the lands, and that Popes Adrian I and Leo III had taken possession of the land illegally.