If you are a lover of science, the search, discovery, and understanding of what is happening in the world around us is exhilarating!
Our immediate focus is often on what we see and experience every day. At times, though, we expand our view and look to the stars. Who hasn’t spent time gazing into the heavens and marveling at the smallness of our planet, our solar system, and our galaxy, as we have developed the means of seeing further into space?
Being inquisitive and introspective, we may begin with questions of self-existence: What is my origination? Why am I here? What is my purpose? Will there be any of me remaining when I seem to have passed from this plane of existence? It doesn’t take much for this line of questioning to turn outward to our world and the universe of which it is such a miniscule piece. What is the origination of such majesty? Who or what could have brought all that we have seen, and, no doubt, much of which has never been discovered by man, into existence?
There have been attempts to provide answers as long as mankind has been pondering these questions. Who will be able to give insight into the origins of all that we see, both near and far?
We have read much through the years of man made ideas such as the “Big Bang Theory,” the “Steady State Theory,” and the “Plasma Universe.” Without any information from someone who was present when the universe began, there is no true scientific way to explain it. True science is based on observation and experimentation, i.e., the “Scientific Method.” Therefore, any attempt to explain the origin of the universe scientifically is going to involve guessing. Some scientists are honest about this and make statements such as, “Our best guess . . .”
There are some scientific laws which completely invalidate any concept of a materially originated universe. The first two laws of Thermodynamics state that
(1) energy can neither be created not destroyed, only transferred, or changed from one form to another; and
(2) the entropy of any isolated system always increases, i.e., once energy is used, the amount of usable energy in the system is being depleted.
To state it simply, there is nothing new being created in the universe, and what is here is running down, not winding up.
The law of Biogenesis states that, in nature, life comes only from life of its own kind. There are no exceptions.
The materialistic ideas that something comes from nothing, that things have been improving over great numbers of years, or that life can spontaneously erupt from non-living matter, are proven untrue by science.
Logic demands that things make sense. Science and its understanding of natural laws cannot explain the universe without a supernatural Creator. The Law of Causality, a law of nature, has never been violated: for every material effect, there must be an adequate cause. Logic, therefore, demands that every effect must follow a path of causes that will lead back to the ultimate Cause, a spiritual Being Who is not regulated by material law.
Since there is no human being who could have passed on the information of the origination of the universe, we are bound to hear One Who was present and involved in the creation of all material things, including mankind.
In the Genesis account of the creation, all credit is given to God in creating every material thing in six days. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). Again, in the giving of the Ten Commandments through Moses to Israel, God is acknowledged as the Creator of all physical places and things: “For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it” (Exodus 20:11).
“Tell me about the origin of the universe.” There is no possible way for anyone to do that without God and His word. Science, logic, and the Bible agree in the creation of all things at the hand of our God!
— Dave Leonard