Discerning the presence of God in history is a delicate task. Abraham Kuyper's trilogy on common grace can be interpreted as a theology of divine presence in history. Kuyper concretely traces God's work in what he calls common grace throughout history. This concreteness is compelling and aligns with biblical motives, but it also poses problems in Kuyper's analysis, which sometimes veers off course. Klaas Schilder aimed to build upon Kuyper's emphasis on divine presence in history while critically examining it. Writing in the aftermath of World War I, Schilder, like his contemporary Karl Barth, emphasized God's judgment in history. In doing so, Schilder sought to correct problematic one-sidedness in Kuyper's account. But what does it mean to speak of God's judgment in history? How does that judgment relate to the satisfactory work of Christ? This paper explores the concept of divine presence and divine judgment in the works of Kuyper and Schilder and seeks to apply their insights to a contemporary understanding of divine presence in history.