"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters." Genesis 1:1-2.
I saw a program on PBS the other night about the origin and development of telescopes, then on to a discourse about the the origin of the universe and its possible dimensions. It ocurred to me that this scientific analysis of the "universe" compared favorable with the above scripture citation.
"...God created the heavens and the earth." Science and scripture aagree on the order. In the PBS show, a scientist offered the opinion that the universe had a definite beginning, the Bible says the same. He further postulated that if the universe had a definite beginning, it must be headed to a definite end. Sounds like the apocolypse in the Revelation. Once the heavens were created, God proceeded to earth. The scientific explanation is that over time, the earth coalesced from gases, dust and other particles until it was solid (an over simplification but close). Seems to fit the Genesis account.
We argue between the Biblical account and scientific fact as uncovered by years and years of discovery. The more technologically advanced we become, the more the Biblical account seems plausible (although more general than observations by the Hubble telescope etc.). Is it possible that documents written thousands and thousands of years ago could be gradually proving to have truth in them? Could it be that science and faith accounts tend to converge?
If God created the heavens and the earth, in other words the universe, then does it not follow that he created the laws of physics and nature? If that's the case, does that include the concept of time? If God created time, should he not be able to see all the way to the end of time?
I think this is the pentrating part of the blog.
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