Reading Genesis 1 through the lens of physics –
Reading Genesis 1 through the lens of physics –
Genesis 1:1 “ In the beginning, God created (bārā‘ (בָּרָא) the heavens and the earth.”
Distinction between “created” and “made”:
BARA – Create something out of nothing “ex-nihilo” was mentioned
3 times in Genesis 1.
Gen1:1 Heaven and earth
Gen 1:21 living creature that moves
Gen 1:27 God created man in his own image
“yehi / wihi” – let it be “a-sah” – made were used for the rest of existence.
In the beginning, God created (bara) heaven (space) and earth ( mass and energy imbued with the four fundamental forces that bind our universe and its building blocks together).
a. Gravity, b. weak nuclear force, c. strong nuclear force
d. electromagnetism.
The universe is shaped and held together by these 4 fundamental forces. These forces act upon us every day, whether we realize it or not. From sun storm, playing basketball, chest x-ray, turning on a light to launching a rocket into space, to sticking a magnet on your refrigerator – all the forces that all of us experience every day can be whittled down to this critical quartet:.
Genesis 1:2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep.
Heaven and earth – was in its rudimentary form (void and dark) when created.
“Heaven” – – Space – to contain the physical universe .
“Earth” – – interconvertible mass and energy – embedded
with weak nuclear force, strong nuclear force,
electromagnetic force and gravity.
The cosmic temperature of the universe just before God stretched out the heavens was in billions of degrees Kelvin . At that temperature the universe was in total opaque black darkness (Gen 1:2). Electromagnetic wave particle/photon that was formed with the elementary particle was trapped inside the atom.
Genesis 1:3 And God said, “Let there be (yehi ) light,” and there was light.
Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness…
Light was formed from the initially created (exnihilo) mass and energy.
Today, the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation (temperature of the universe) is at 2.725° kelvin. It is estimated that the temperature of the universe before “God stretches out the heavens” (Isa 40:22) was at billions of degrees kelvin. When the universe cools down to around 3,000 degree , trapped photons/ electromagnetic wave or particle was able to escape from the electron orbit of an atom – the universe lit up and became transparent.
On second third and fourth day of creation.:
Genesis 1 :6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.
“yehi / wihi” – let it be “a-sah” – made
In this passage, “bara” was not used.
Obeying the law of nature that God has created on the first day, at the command of God, the QUAD forces, notably “GRAVITY” worked together and elements in the periodic table..: air, atmosphere, clouds, land, sea started to form.
Gen 2:4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
So, God created the rudimentary “heaven and earth” then made, formed, shaped the heaven and earth with the quad forces by His WORD He created into what we see today.
Before God created animals, in preparation He first made “FOOD FACTORY” – vegetation- basic food source for animated living creatures. The fall of mankind changed the structure of food chain altogether.
On the fifth day of creation
Genesis 1:20,21 20 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” 21 So God created (way yib-ra –from bara) the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind
God at this point again “bara” created “animated life” into the physical body of the creatures he has made from dust. All living things have their own set of algorithm /DNA encoded into their cells. – “according to their kinds.” They do not /can not write their own code as advocated by evolutionist.
On the sixth day of creation:
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Genesis 2:4 . 4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
Gen 2: 7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
Genesis 2:22 Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
Man (generic) was both created and made/formed. The physical/material aspect of man was formed from existing dust that was created on the first day. Then God created the spirit/ immaterial aspect – “ breath into his nostril the breath of life”.
What’s the big deal? Create or make!
1. The process of creation shows that there is one Designer and Architect, that is misinterpreted as evolution.
2. Necessity of virgin birth – God’s plan of salvation. Creator takes up residence among created to redeem.
Col 1:16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or [e]principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
Pre-incarnate Jesus breathed into and created man’s spirit. Then He Himself – author and creator of life put on flesh He created and dwell “Immanuel” among us.
Supports the Doctrine “ Jesus is fully God and fully man”
3. Ps 19 – Romans 1:20,21 – no excuse.
4. Death can occur only on “created life- animated/animal life”. Plants were made to serve as food sources. Implying that the question of “if there was death before “FALL” , does not include vegetation.
5. The act of creation (ex-nihilo) that causes matter, energy, space, physical laws, life and spirit to exist are beyond human investigation. That which were made/formed with His spoken word, God permitted man to explore and delegated man to manage.
Ps 8: 5 You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.
6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet:
Got this story from internet :
One day a group of scientists got together and decided that man had come a long way and no longer needed God. So they picked one scientist to go and tell Him that they were done with Him. The scientist walked up to God and said, “God, we’ve decided that we no longer need you. We’re to the point that we can clone people and do many miraculous things, so why don’t you just go on and mind your own business?”
God listened very patiently and kindly to the man. After the scientist was done talking, God said, “Very well, how about this? Let’s say we have a man-making contest.” To which the scientist replied, “Okay, we can handle that!”
“But,” God added, “we’re going to do this just like I did back in the old days with Adam.” The scientist said, “Sure, no problem” and bent down and grabbed himself a handful of dirt. God looked at him and said, “No, no, no. You go get your own dirt.”
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