Amazingly, recent discoveries in
various fields of modern science are proving the veracity of the Scriptures.
Let us take the first three verses of the first chapter of the first book of
the Bible, Genesis.
Universe had a beginning
“In the
beginning…” Most
scientists today agree the universe had a beginning – the Big Bang. But, before
anything existed, there was only God. “In
the beginning God…” Jewish sages called God the Ein Sof, the “Infinite Nothingness,” without any form or dimension of any kind whatsoever.
Space-time created
“…God
created the heaven and the earth.” By “heaven,” the Genesis writer,
Moses, probably meant “space.” To make room for empty space, God caused a
contraction of His infinite Self. It is known to Jewish mystics as the tzimtzum.
With the creation of space, time
began. Without space, there can be no motion, And, without motion, time cannot
be perceived. Space and time are linked inseparably, hence the term “space-time
continuum.”
The Encarta Encyclopedia points out: “In Einstein’s general theory of
relativity, which was introduced in 1916, the very existence of time depends on
the presence of space.”
The Jews had a 16th
century saying: "HaMakom V'HaZman
Echad Hu." ("Space and time, they are one.”)
Mind-made matter
“And the
earth was without form and void…” As planet Earth was not yet formed, “earth” here can
only mean “matter.” Matter (“earth”) was “void” (nothing). Quantum physicists
call the pre-matter phase the “quantum wave function” – the probability of an
event taking place. “Probability” needs a mind to consider the likelihood of
any event and then see that probability (nothing) turn into reality. So, there
obviously was a mind in the beginning. God?
The NASA posits that the universe
is the product of “quantum fluctuation” – matter (quarks) and antimatter
appearing in a vacuum, then colliding, and vanishing. Somehow, every so many
collisions a quark survived. Experimental physicists James Cronin and Val Fitch
shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1980 for having demonstrated in 1964 that
two in every 1,200 decays of a particle produced a survivor.
Electromagnetic Spirit
“…and
darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved…” What is spirit?
Eliphaz, in Job 4:15, said, “a spirit passed before my face; the hair of
my flesh stood up.” Thus, a spirit is an electromagnetic entity.
The four fundamental forces – electromagnetism,
gravitation, strong force, and weak force – all existed from the very
beginning. The presence of these forces enabled the first quarks to bond
together into protons and neutrons, making way for the formation of the first
atoms.
First element: “water”
“And
the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” The “waters,” apparently, were hydrogen. The
term came from Greek hydro (“water”)
and gen (“birth/producer”). The
hydrogen atom is the first and most basic element – with just one proton as
nucleus and one electron orbiting it.
“Water” into light
“And God
said, Let there be light: and there was light.” That was the Big Bang. When four
hydrogen atoms fuse into helium, energy is released as a blast of light and
heat. The sun generates light and heat from hydrogen through exactly the same
process of thermonuclear fusion.
Light into matter
Energy can transform into matter,
and vice-versa, according to Albert Einstein’s famous and time-honored equation
(E = mc2). Experimental
physicists today can turn light (radiant energy) into electron-positron
particles (matter) in the laboratory in at least two ways: First, by bombarding
heavy atoms with X-rays; and, second, by directing pulses of high-energy laser
at electron beams moving at close to the speed of light.
Surprisingly, the Jews in olden
times, long before the advent of modern science, knew that matter had come from
light: “Mehitabut ha'orot, nithavu
hakelim” ("From the condensation of the lights, were the vessels
brought into being.") – an old Jewish saying.
*(Condensed from Ch. 1, “Mysteries of Our Maker”, and Ch. 3, “Conundrums of Creation”, of The Deep Things of God: A Primer on the Secrets of Heaven and Earth by M.M.Tauson. Available at Amazon.com)
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