“In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth. The Earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light and that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.” (Genesis 1:1-5 NKJV).
“In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth. But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.” (Genesis 1:1-5 LXX)
CREATION SUMMARY
The Holy Scriptures reveal that God created and renovated the universe in six days, according to Genesis 1:1-31, Exodus 20:11, and Exodus 31:17. On the first day, God created the entire universe. The words “HEAVENS and EARTH” are paleo-Hebrew expressions for universe. God created the universe in an unformed and unfilled condition before He reshaped the planet Earth into a gigantic spherical mass covered by water in Genesis 1:2 and then He divided the light from darkness in Genesis 1:3. This supernatural light would never have been mentioned by evolutionists. On day two God separated the water from the air. The origins of oxygen would not predate land, according to the evolution theory. On the third day, God created the land and plants. On the fourth day, God created the sun, moon, and stars. The Earth predating the sun, moon, and stars by three days is considered scientific heresy by evolutionists. On day five fish and birds were created. The birds coming before land animals contradict all macro-evolutionary models. On the sixth day of creation, land animals and man were created. At this time there was no death on the Earth, and God proclaimed it was good. The six days of creation contradicts all evolutionary models, which claims death predates humankind.
GOD’S CREATION METHOD
God creates through a process of first forming and later filling. The first three days describe God forming the universe while the last three days records God filling the universe, according to Dr. Weston Fields. In other words, God form the light on the First Day before filling the universe with stars, galaxies, planets, and moons on the Fourth Day. God formed the Earth’s atmosphere and ocean on the Second Day before filling the sky and sea with flying creatures and marine life forms on the Fifth Day. God formed a single landmass on the Third Day before filling the super-continent with land animals and humankind on the Sixth Day (Genesis 1:1-31 NKJV). From Genesis to Revelation, God is always forming order out of chaos, light out of darkness, life out of death, and success out of failure. Today, God is continually forming and filling the lives of believers daily.
QUANTUM VIBRATIONS
God created the entire universe on the first day by the power of His words. This means that God spoke the universe into existence with invisible energy, according to Psalm 33:9, Isaiah 45:11-12, John 1:1-5, and Hebrews 11:3. This explanation makes no sense until we study quantum physics and string theory where we learn the relationship between invisible energy and visible matter. All matter is made up of atoms, which are made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Within these subatomic particles are quarks. Beyond the quarks are smaller energy particles which behave like vibrating strings generating waves of energy. This means that the correct quantum vibration of energy can generate and shape matter. String theory demonstrates that Genesis is supported by quantum physics. Today, the most self-consistent string theories propose 11 dimensions; four correspond to the three ordinary spatial dimensions and time, while the rest are believed to be curled up and not perceptible to humanity, according to some creation science researchers.
When God used His word to create all things, this also means that God employed the sound wave energy from His voice to create and shape matter. God’s words are vibrations of energy that affects matter. All “things” (matter) are made of atoms. Nothing is really solid, including the kitchen table even if it is made of oak and steel. We may not see the space between the atoms in our table, but if we could see that small, we could also see movement because the kitchen table is vibrating. Everything has a frequency of vibration. We vibrate, our cars vibrate, and even large mountains vibrate. They all have a natural frequency.
Faith is an unseen energy force. It is not matter, but it creates matter and actually becomes matter. That is because faith-energized words convert energy to matter. Words are the catalyst that turns the substance of faith into physical manifestation. Faith is the raw material from which all matter is made. Hebrews 11:1 says that “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” These words mean that faith is the invisible substance from which God’s physical universe was created. God used faith-substance and word-energy to create the universe. He spoke and the vibration (sound) of His words released the substance that became the stars, planets, and everything else.
CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE
On the First Creation Day, God made the universe. The words “in the beginning God created the heavens (SPACE-TIME DIMENSION) and the Earth (ENERGY-MATTER/E=MC2)” describe God forming space, time, and matter into existence, which makes up the universe. Genesis 1:1 describes invisible energy transformation into all matter, which is explained in Albert Einstein’s famous E=MC2 equation. This equation sketches the energy conversion into matter. The universe as it exists was not produced by some cosmic accident. The conditions of creation were intricately planned and considered. A mindless uncontrolled “big bang” would result in destruction and chaos, not the life and order we now observe. On the other hand, a great initial expansion of physical matter that had just been transformed from pure energy, followed by orderly formation of stars, galaxies and everything else, is reasonable, rational, and logical.
The universe God made is really a TRI-UNIVERSE made of space, time, and matter. Each portion woven together and forming a single universe. In other words, the universe isn’t halfway made out of space, mostly of matter, and somewhat of time. The universe is like the three sides of a triangle. A trinity is not a trio or a group of three, but a tri-unity, with each part containing the entirety, and every part of the three is required to make up the whole. In this manner, the universe is all space, all time, and all Matter (including energy, which is a form of matter). For some science researchers, the universe is a Space-Time-Matter continuum. There are parallels between the Holy Trinity and His tri-universe. For example, space is the invisible, omnipresent background of everything in the universe. Matter-and-Energy uncovers the physical reality of the universe. Time makes the universe understandable when events occur in it, according to Dr. Henry Morris.
Space itself is also a tri-unity comprising three dimensions of length, width, and height, and with each dimension saturating all space. The truth of any part of room is acquired by increasing the three dimensions together. The “arithmetic of the Trinity” is not 1+1+1=3, yet rather 1x1x1=1. Further, Space is recognized in the first dimension found in the second dimension, experienced in the third dimension. Time is also a tri-unity involving the past, present, and future. Time is as an arrow fired from the frozen distant past, flying through the changing present, and only to land in an uncertain future. Finally, matter originates from omnipresent energy, manifesting itself in various forms of visible matter, measurable motion and corresponding phenomena. Matter is made of atoms, which are comprised of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Everything in the Universe is made of matter. Though matter exists in many different forms, each form is made out of the same basic components: small particles called atoms, according to Dr. Henry Morris.
HEAVENS (SPACE TIME DIMENSION)
The Biblical word for “HEAVENS” is used in three different ways in the Bible. First, the word describes the Earth’s atmosphere, where the birds fly (Genesis 1:20; Hosea 4:3; Proverbs 23:5 NKJV), Second, the word describes outer space where the sun, moon, and stars are, perhaps including the atmosphere (Genesis 1:14-17; 22:17; Joshua 10:13). Third, the word describes the eternal, spiritual dwelling place of God almighty and His holy angels (1 Kings 8:27, 30; Psalm 11:4; Matthew 5:16; 6:9; 1 Peter 1:12; 2 Corinthians 12:2,4 NKJV). The word for “HEAVENS” here in Genesis 1:1 cannot have the last meaning. This word does not refer to the atmosphere, as we now know it. This word does not refer to the heavenly bodies, as we now know them because they were not formed until the second and fourth creation days. We must conclude that the term “HEAVENS” here mostly likely refer to all the matter above the Earth which at this point remained UNORGANIZED just as the Earth itself existed, but was not yet organized (Genesis 1:2 NKJV). Later in the creation process, the heavens were organized into the atmosphere and the heavenly bodies, just as Earth itself was later organized into a form such as we now know it. In other words, here God formed the space-time dimension before creating the matter that would fill the universe.
Space is 3-dimensional because it includes the measurements of height, depth, and width. Time is 3-dimensional because it involves the realm of past, present, and future. The space-time dimension is the single entity that relates space and time in a four-dimensional structure. Albert Einstein postulated this concept in his relativity theory. Before Einstein, the scientific community believed that there was no connection between space and time. Many scientists believe that space was a 3-dimensional arrangement of all possible point locations. They viewed time as an independent one-dimensional concept. However, Einstein demonstrated that a relative motion complete description require equations that include time along with the three spatial dimensions. He demonstrated that space-time is curved, which allowed him to account for gravitation in his general relativity theory.
EARTH (MATTER AND ENERGY)
The word EARTH refers to the matter and energy or material substance decorating the universe. At this point in creation, the planet Earth existed as a mass of empty water. In other words, God had only brought into existence the basic elements to be used in forming the universe. However, what existed had no useful or meaningful shape (without form), and contained nothing (void – it was uninhabited, no life yet existed). The surface of Earth is described simply as the “deep” and “waters” – apparently a solution or liquid form of matter in no useful form. Furthermore, there was apparently no existing energy, for there was darkness. All our energy comes physically from light. At this time, there was no light. Darkness is the absence of light. However, God the Holy Spirit was present hovering over the waters. He was alive and involved in the events, though after this we are told little of what He did.
Matter and energy are two different expressions of the same physical entity, they are material substances that constitute the observable universe, and they form the basis of all objective phenomena. Matter is made up of atoms and all atoms contain protons, neutrons, and electrons. Atoms are the basic building blocks of matter. Every physical entity can be described, physically, and mathematically, in terms of interrelated quantities of mass, inertia, and gravitation. Matter generally occurs in four states plasmas, gases, liquids, and solids.
Energy exists in various forms, including kinetic, potential, thermal, chemical, electrical, and nuclear. Energy can be converted from one form to another. Although energy may be converted from one form to another, it may not be created or destroyed because the total energy in a closed system remains constant. All forms of energy are associated with motion. Heat and work involve the transfer of energy and heat transferred may become thermal energy.
Genesis 1:1-2 are included in the events of the first creation day. This perspective clearly fit the pattern of the chapter. The chapter is divided into sections by days and each section ends with words the evening and the morning were of particular day. The main reason for this view is that God’s word expressly says in Exodus 20:11: “For in six days the Lord made the HEAVENS and the EARTH, the sea, and all that is in them.” This truth is expressly repeated in Exodus 31:17. This appears to mean that God’s word expressly states that the HEAVENS and EARTH (universe) were made in the six days of creation. This means that Genesis 1:1 is part of the events of the first day. Therefore, on the first day, God brought the HEAVENS and Earth into existence before God created light.
FORMATION OF LIGHT
God illuminates the first day when He said, “let there be light” (Genesis 1:3-5 NKJV). The light that reached the Earth was not natural sunlight. According to Astronomer Barrey Setterfield, this form of light was electric plasma light originating from plasma matter somewhere in outer space because God did not create the galaxies, stars, planets, and moons until creation day four. Plasma is one of the four main states or phases of matter. Pure Elements or chemical compounds can move from one phase to another when specific physical conditions are present. Scientifically, when the Temperature of a system goes up, the matter in the system becomes more excited and active then it starts moving to a higher energy state. If energy is added matter moves to a more active state. Physicists describe plasma as the fourth state of matter having positive and negative particles with overall zero or neutral charges at an approximation. Plasma does not have a definite shape or a definite volume. Plasma- occurs at very high temperatures. For example, when we heat water to about 1,500 degrees F it will become plasma. It is too cold for most matter to reach the plasma state on Earth. Our sun and small stars are made of plasma. The most remarkable feature of plasma is that under the influence of magnetic field, it may form structures like filaments or beams. Scientists and engineers can generate plasma with the application of an electric field on a gas. The plasma pulls electrons free from the atoms and they can move independently; the plasma charges individual atoms, even though the total number of positive and negative charges is equal, maintaining overall electrical neutrality. Solar wind is the plasma of charged particles coming out of the Sun in all directions, according to astronomer and researcher Barry Setterfield. Plasma is unique in the way it interacts with itself, with electric and magnetic fields, and with its environment. Scientists believe it is a collection of ions, electrons, neutral atoms and molecules, and photons in which natural processes ionizes atoms at the same time as electrons are recombining with other ions to form neutral particles. Scientists estimate that more than 99 percent of the matter in the universe exists in the plasma state.
However, according to Dr. Carl Baugh, the light of first day was supernatural light originating from God because the lights from the sun, moon, and stars were not bright or strong enough to penetrate the thick darkness surrounding the whole Earth on creation day one. God’s light is much brighter than the noonday sun because Paul said Messiah Yeshua appeared to him as light brighter than the noonday sun (Acts 9:15 NKJV). The Earth’s primeval atmosphere was very dark that only God’s light could remove the darkness. We read elsewhere in Scripture that God is light (1 John 1:5 NKJV). Messiah Yeshua said, “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12 NKJV). We read in Revelation 21:22-24 that the Earth’s inhabitants have no need of the sun because God’s light illuminates the Earth’s atmosphere. Additionally, when the Spirit of God hovered over the water covered Earth before He separated the light from the darkness, the Creator revealed the perspective of the whole creation week. The author tells the entire creation history in Genesis 1:2-31 from the perspective of the Earth’s surface. We should imagine an Earth bound observer looking across horizontally and upward vertically from a geocentric orientation. Therefore, the planet Earth passed out of its dark history and into its bright future. Every day’s work was an advance on the previous day’s work, and every day begins with an EVENING and ends with a MORNING.
AGE OF THE UNIVERSE
Modern cosmology teaches that the universe is between 15 and 10 billion years old. On the other hand, some creation scientists teach the universe is less than 10 thousand years old. Many people have been taught that the universe is the result of an explosion called the “Big Bang”. This explosion was triggered by a quantum fluctuation. During this explosive expansion, all the matter of the universe supposedly expanded outward from a tiny pinpoint. This cosmic expansion began from its “center” where all of the matter exploded outward from its “center.” We would assume that the universe had a center and an edge. However, all modern cosmological models start with the assumption that the universe has neither a center nor an edge (This concept is almost impossible to imagine). The Big Bang theory says the universe is billions of years old at every location. However, this evolutionary assumption directly contradicts logic and reason.
Rather than begin with these evolutionary assumptions (a universe having no center and no edge), a few creation science physicists decided to take the most apparent meaning of the Holy Bible and see what model of the universe developed. The Bible clearly indicates three things about God’s formation of the universe. First, the planet Earth is the center of God’s attention in the universe. By inference, the Milky Way Galaxy, where the Earth and our Solar system belong, is probably located near the center of universe so that humankind can see the glory of God’s creation in every direction. Second, the universe (both matter and space itself) has been “stretched out”, according to the Holy Scriptures (Isaiah 45:11-12 and Isaiah 51:12-13) and scientific observations. Third, the universe has a boundary, and therefore it must have a center. When we plug in these biblical revelations, scientific observations, and rational assumptions into the currently accepted formulas of physics, we discover that we are living in a universe in which clocks tick at different rates depending on our location in the universe.
Furthermore, the time dilation effect would be magnified tremendously as the universe was originally expanding. As the universe expanded, there was a point when time was moving very rapidly at the outer edge and essentially stopped near the center. At this point in the expansion of the universe, only days were passing near the center, while billions of years were passing in the heavens. This theory means that only a few days went by on the Earth’s surface, during a seven-day creation week, while millions and billions of years of cosmic history transpired in the expanding outer regions of space. This is the inevitable conclusion based on Dr. Albert Einstein’s General Relativity Theory and Dr. Russell Humphreys’ New Creation Science Model. This means that the universe is both billions of years old and thousands of years old, according to Dr. Chuck Missler.
CREATION DAY ONE ANALYSIS
The Young Earth Creation Science Model was employed to analyze the first creation day here. On the first day, God creates the entire universe with the formation of time, space, and matter. The Holy Scriptures begins with the universe’s creation when Moses wrote the words “In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth” (Genesis 1:1 NKJV). The word for beginning sketches the creation of time. The word for heaven describes the creation of space. In addition, the word for Earth describes the creation of matter. In other words, this first verse describes the formation of the space-time dimension along with invisible energy transformation into all matter, which is explained in Albert Einstein’s famous E=MC2 equation. This equation sketches the energy conversion into matter. The second verse describes the Earth after its original formation and after the universe’s creation: “Now the Earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the Earth’s watery surface and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters” (Genesis 1:2 NKJV). Genesis chapter one verse two reveals the perspective of the following creation events.
The original universe was UNFORMED and UNFILLED because it had no galaxies, no stars, no planets (except Earth), and no moons. The cosmos was decorated with the darkness of outer space and only the planet Earth existed. The original planet Earth was unformed and unfilled because it existed as a gigantic mass of empty water (Genesis 1:2 NKJV). God’s Spirit moved on the watery mass and generated a spherical shape. All life on Earth depends on water to survive and function properly. Plants need water to properly perform photosynthesis. Humans and animals need water to stay hydrated and for cellular respiration to work. Water contains the integration of hydrogen and oxygen (H2O). The Earth’s surface is the perspective of the entire creation history. This means that after Genesis 1:1, the whole creation account is described from the perspective of a geocentric orientation or from the view of the planet Earth’s surface.
When God commanded His light to appear on the unformed and unfilled Earth, He declared that it was GOOD because what God creates is always GOOD. With the exception of Creation Day Two, this is said repeatedly throughout the creation week regarding nearly every day, and is stated in summary regarding the whole creation (Genesis 1:31 NKJV). God is perfect and makes no mistakes. God originally made all things very good and fully functional and perfect before the universe began its decline because of entropy and thermodynamics increasing after the creation week. The fact that God declared His work as good on creation day one discredits the creation gap theory. The traditional gap theory version says that the creation week’s First Day does not begin until Genesis 1:3 and a gap of eons of time existed between verse 1 and verse 2 in Genesis. This theory’s many advocates speculate that life existed and was destroyed when the Earth became “waste and void” (Genesis 1:2). Thomas Chalmers invented the gap theory as response to scientific research saying the planet Earth was old. Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), a notable Scottish theologian and first moderator of the Free Church of Scotland, was perhaps the man most responsible for the gap theory. The idea can be traced back to the rather obscure writings of the Dutchman Episcopius (1583-1643), and was first recorded from one of Chalmers’ lectures in 1814. Rev. William Buckland, a geologist, did much to popularize the idea. Famous supporters of the gap theory include author G.H Pember and Rev Clarence Larkin. Their version of the gap theory does not appear to be supported by biblical and scientific evidence because the bible does not describe Satan’s fall (Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28, Revelation 12) until sometime after the creation week (Genesis 1 and 2) and before the fall of humanity (Genesis 3) and the weight of scientific evidence reveals one global cataclysmic event in Earth’s history (Noah’s Global Flood).
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