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†. Gen 1:2a . . the earth being unformed and void
That statement reveals the earth's condition prior to the creation of an
energy that would make it possible for its particles to coalesce into
something coherent.
Curiously, scientists have not yet been able to figure out what gives particles
their mass. In point of fact, the multi-billion-dollar Large Hadron Collider was
constructed for the specific purpose of finding a special particle called the
Higgs Boson (a.k.a. the God particle) because it's believed that the Higgs
particle "creates" a field that grants other particles their mass.
†. Gen 1:2b . . and darkness was over the surface of the deep
This particular "deep" I believe can be safely assumed to be the void; viz:
the seemingly infinite space housing the known universe.
†. Gen 1:2c . . and Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
The "waters" at this point in the earth's history probably weren't the liquid
commonly known as H2O. It's just a "place-holder" name; viz: a convenient
label for the colossal soup of freshly created particles that would eventually
be utilized to construct the universe's physical properties.
The Spirit's job, therefore, was as a sort of cattle wrangler circling the herd
and keeping all the various particles together so they didn't drift away and
get lost because as yet there were no forces at work keeping things
together.
†. Gen 1:3 . . Then God said "Let there be light" and there was light.
In the April 2014 edition of Discover magazine, astrophysicist/cosmologist
Avi Loeb states that the Bible attributes the appearance of stars and galaxies
to the divine proclamation "Let there be light". Is Mr. Loeb's statement
correct? No; of course not. God created light on the very first day of
creation; while glowing celestial objects weren't created until the fourth.
The Bible is notoriously concise in some places; especially in it's story of the
creation of light. Genesis tells us that the origin of the cosmos' light was
supernatural; viz: God did it. However, Genesis doesn't tell us "how" God did
it. Well; thanks to science we today know a lot more about how God did
some things than the author of Genesis.
Well; the creation of light was an intricate process. First of all; God had to
create particulate matter, and along with those particles their specific
properties, including mass. Then He had to invent laws to govern how
matter behaves in combination with and/or in the presence of, other kinds of
matter in order to generate photons.
The same laws that make it possible for matter to generate photons also
make other conditions possible too; e.g. fire, wind, water, ice, soil, rain, life,
thermodynamics, fusion, dark energy, gravity, atoms, molecules,
magnetism, radiation, high energy X-rays and gamma rays, temperature,
pressure, sound, force, inertia, friction, and electricity; et al. So the creation
of light was a pretty big deal; yet Genesis scarcely gives its origin passing
mention.
The interesting thing about the laws of physics is that they're not absolute
laws. No; they are created laws-- created as a companion to the created
cosmos to regulate how the cosmos, with all of its forms of life, matter, and
energy, behaves. In other words: just as God has power over all of nature
and all of nature's natural processes; he therefore has power over the laws
of physics and can make things in our world behave quite contrary to the
ways you'd expect.
Take for example the floating axe head in 2Kgs 6:5-6. Solid chunks of iron
don't float. That's unnatural. Another example is the fire-proof bush of Ex
3:2. A bush that's impervious to fire is unnatural. It should have flared up
and Moses knew it too but it didn't because God can easily modify the
behavior of everything He ever created.
2Cor 4:6 verifies that light wasn't introduced into the cosmos from outside in
order to dispel the darkness and brighten things up a bit; but rather, it
radiated out of the cosmos from inside-- from itself --indicating that the
cosmos was created to be self-illuminating by means of the various
interactions of the matter that God made for it; including, but not limited to,
Peter Higgs' boson.
†. Gen 1:4a . . And God saw the light, that it was good
God declared that light is good; but He didn't declare that darkness is good.
In point of fact, darkness always represents bad things in the Bible; while
light always represents good things. It's been an axiom from the very
beginning.
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†. Gen 1:2a . . the earth being unformed and void
That statement reveals the earth's condition prior to the creation of an
energy that would make it possible for its particles to coalesce into
something coherent.
Curiously, scientists have not yet been able to figure out what gives particles
their mass. In point of fact, the multi-billion-dollar Large Hadron Collider was
constructed for the specific purpose of finding a special particle called the
Higgs Boson (a.k.a. the God particle) because it's believed that the Higgs
particle "creates" a field that grants other particles their mass.
†. Gen 1:2b . . and darkness was over the surface of the deep
This particular "deep" I believe can be safely assumed to be the void; viz:
the seemingly infinite space housing the known universe.
†. Gen 1:2c . . and Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
The "waters" at this point in the earth's history probably weren't the liquid
commonly known as H2O. It's just a "place-holder" name; viz: a convenient
label for the colossal soup of freshly created particles that would eventually
be utilized to construct the universe's physical properties.
The Spirit's job, therefore, was as a sort of cattle wrangler circling the herd
and keeping all the various particles together so they didn't drift away and
get lost because as yet there were no forces at work keeping things
together.
†. Gen 1:3 . . Then God said "Let there be light" and there was light.
In the April 2014 edition of Discover magazine, astrophysicist/cosmologist
Avi Loeb states that the Bible attributes the appearance of stars and galaxies
to the divine proclamation "Let there be light". Is Mr. Loeb's statement
correct? No; of course not. God created light on the very first day of
creation; while glowing celestial objects weren't created until the fourth.
The Bible is notoriously concise in some places; especially in it's story of the
creation of light. Genesis tells us that the origin of the cosmos' light was
supernatural; viz: God did it. However, Genesis doesn't tell us "how" God did
it. Well; thanks to science we today know a lot more about how God did
some things than the author of Genesis.
Well; the creation of light was an intricate process. First of all; God had to
create particulate matter, and along with those particles their specific
properties, including mass. Then He had to invent laws to govern how
matter behaves in combination with and/or in the presence of, other kinds of
matter in order to generate photons.
The same laws that make it possible for matter to generate photons also
make other conditions possible too; e.g. fire, wind, water, ice, soil, rain, life,
thermodynamics, fusion, dark energy, gravity, atoms, molecules,
magnetism, radiation, high energy X-rays and gamma rays, temperature,
pressure, sound, force, inertia, friction, and electricity; et al. So the creation
of light was a pretty big deal; yet Genesis scarcely gives its origin passing
mention.
The interesting thing about the laws of physics is that they're not absolute
laws. No; they are created laws-- created as a companion to the created
cosmos to regulate how the cosmos, with all of its forms of life, matter, and
energy, behaves. In other words: just as God has power over all of nature
and all of nature's natural processes; he therefore has power over the laws
of physics and can make things in our world behave quite contrary to the
ways you'd expect.
Take for example the floating axe head in 2Kgs 6:5-6. Solid chunks of iron
don't float. That's unnatural. Another example is the fire-proof bush of Ex
3:2. A bush that's impervious to fire is unnatural. It should have flared up
and Moses knew it too but it didn't because God can easily modify the
behavior of everything He ever created.
2Cor 4:6 verifies that light wasn't introduced into the cosmos from outside in
order to dispel the darkness and brighten things up a bit; but rather, it
radiated out of the cosmos from inside-- from itself --indicating that the
cosmos was created to be self-illuminating by means of the various
interactions of the matter that God made for it; including, but not limited to,
Peter Higgs' boson.
†. Gen 1:4a . . And God saw the light, that it was good
God declared that light is good; but He didn't declare that darkness is good.
In point of fact, darkness always represents bad things in the Bible; while
light always represents good things. It's been an axiom from the very
beginning.
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