The Omniscient One

 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 

 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:1-2

It is certain that the first chapter of Genesis is written as eyewitness history.  Eyewitness?  Who was the person that saw this take place? It was the LORD who was/is the eyewitness.  Though Moses wrote the account, it was written by inspiration from the Holy Spirit.  This is the claim of all scripture.  While the Bible seems to be the work of many men over a span of around 1800 years, it is the work of God, Himself, sharing the consistent central message of redemption.  That Central Message always points to the work of Christ on the cross as God's only remedy for sin.  Without Jesus there is no salvation.  That concept of a divine work is the purpose of the last six posts which all focus on the first verse which carries deep signs of authenticity that only God could embed in the text.  In today's post, we will add the 2nd verse to show that there is actually straightforward understanding of the make up of the physical universe. 

If asked who was the smartest person to ever live, many possible answers will be given.  Names such as Einstein, Newton, Hawking, and the like will be mentioned.  God's word reveals that the true genius is the omniscient Lord, and He has no rival nor equal. The names above, and any others added, combined are more on par with the intelligence of a sea slug when compared to the only all knowing One.  There is no limit to His knowledge so you can add the entirety of man's combined intelligence from the very beginning and still won't begin to compare with the brilliance of the LORD.  Given that fact, one might expect that knowledge to shine through in the Word from time to time, and it clearly does. Albeit, it must always be remembered that the Bible is not a question and answer book on creation, but rather is God's roadmap to salvation in the work of Christ alone. 

Most have heard of Einstein's Theory of Relativity, but reduce it to the simple equation E=mc².  Yet the theory discusses topics like spacetime, relative time, and other similar topics.  First, this theory revolves around the notion that the universe is made up of three specific components: time, space, and matter.  Furthermore, to make the universe work there needs to be two other forces, energy and motion. 

Time, space, matter, energy, and motion...each is present in the first two verses.  They are the shine through knowledge from the infinite Creator discussed above.  Can you find them?

Time: In the beginning.  That is a clear expression of time in a sense that it takes one back to a beginning period when an event took place.  In this case, the creation of the physical universe.  

Space: the heaven (plural in Hebrew).  This is the statement of fact for an atmosphere such as the one surrounding our planet, and outer space which is the vast vacuum we look up at every night.  We'll leave out the third heaven where God's presence is that Paul alludes to.  

Matter: and the earth.  This is the planet we live on but it is representative of all physical matter in space that is governed by natural laws.  Laws?  Don't we typically need a law-giver for laws?

Energy: created.  The power that holds all there is together came from God, Himself, who is outside of the physical universe.  That word is Bara in Hebrew and it pointed to a central truth that the power of creation was Christ and that He, alone, holds creation together. 

Motion:  And the Spirit of God moved. The change in position of an object over time was set in place by the Holy Spirit.  

All five necessary components are there in the first 2 verses with 80% found in verse one alone.   Again, coincidence?  Is it also a coincidence the Job claimed the earth hangs in the heavens on nothing when all the rest of the world looked for something to hold it up (not to forget that the concept of cosmic expansion is alluded to as well)?  He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing Job 26:7. Cosmic expansion?  That's a part of the concept of motion in physics that was only discovered by one noticing redshift (light moving away from one observing).  Yet, there it is in multiple places in scripture.  Space and time forbid the listing of them all.  Space? Time? Spacetime! Isn't that the notion of the two components intertwined so closely that they act as a sort of fabric in the expanse of the heavens.  Hmmm....

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Isaiah 40:22

Yes, there are many places where that unlimited, infinite knowledge of the Great Eyewitness of Creation shine, but it is truly not the purpose of the Bible.  The ultimate purpose is to give fallen man a way to escape the ravages of spiritual, eternal death caused by sin since he cannot save himself.  That purpose is found only in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ the Redeemer.  Always remember, the living Lord Jesus Christ is Soon2Come.