Lesson No. 27 

Lesson No. 27 Creation of The Universe

This topic is considered in theological studies in relation to cosmology. The creation of the universe represents the great act of God's creative activities. In it, the human being appears as the main creature. Let's examine the following details from the Scriptures:

Genesis chapter 1: verses 1, 3, and 6: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters”.51

Genesis chapter 1: verses 7, 9, and 11: “And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so”.51

Moreover, according to the continuity of the biblical narrative, God said: And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. (Genesis chapter 1: verses 14, 15, 20, 21, 24 to 27, and 31).51

The declaration of these passages from the Holy Scriptures makes them the supreme source of divine revelation, which uncovers the great mystery of the origin of the universe. A reflective look at this sacred narrative allows us to perceive a clear and evident reflection of the wisdom, omniscience, and omnipotence of the Supreme Creator. Just as every craftsman delights in producing an innumerable variety of their creations, so too God, in his infinite wisdom, omniscience, and omnipotence, has delighted in creating a universe in which there exists an infinity of stars and planets and a marvelous variety of the existence and forms of life. However, there is a marked difference between the creations of God and those of man. This consists not only in the fact that man is not a creator of life but also that for his creations he needs preexisting material; whereas God is the creator of matter itself. This is explained, according to The Vine's Dictionary 3 by the usage of the Hebrew term "בַּרָא" (bara: ["create, make".]) By confirming that the implied meaning of this verb is "creation from nothing".

In the cited biblical passages, the narrative is not expressed in a completely detailed manner, because writing a series of volumes would have been necessary, which for the difficult conditions existing for writing at that time, would have been impractical. Additionally, it is necessary to understand that if a description of microscopic beings had been made, the men of those times would have deemed the narrative false, since the means to verify it did not yet exist.

However, the human being appears as the superior creature of said creation, having been created in God's image.

I believe it is of utmost importance to consider the fact that, throughout human history, some men with the exposition of different theories, have tried to deny the truth of this traditional narrative, known as The Biblical Theory of the Origin of the Universe. Among them, the most prominent are idealism in its two branches: objective and subjective. In addition, there is pantheism and materialism, which argue that our theory is childish, simplistic, and of no scientific value.

However, every effort to refute the truth of the divinely inspired Scriptures has been futile. For the fact is that the order so wonderfully by which our universe is governed, reveals to human sight and conscience the majesty and omniscience of its Creator. The principles of logic and philosophy demand that wherever there is order, there must by law exist an intelligent being, endowed with will and power as its cause. No one would think that the motor vehicle or the computer were created by chance, due to the complex order of their constitution. Inescapably, it is required that any of these effects must have its cause in an intelligent being, endowed with will and power to have created them. How much more an universe so complexly ordered, as we know, must have needed a Being with the faculties mentioned for its existence? It would take only a little knowledge of astronomy to realize the rigorous arrangement by which both stars and planets are governed, which obey strictly, even in fractions of seconds, the laws God has set to preside over them. See amazing details in the Portavoz Biblical Companion, page 35. Just a bit of knowledge of animal, human, and plant physiology would also help us understand the marvelous order to which the different systems of the human body adhere, such as the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, visual systems, and other complex faculties of the brain. As it also happens in the lives of animals and plants. This knowledge would be sufficient to not doubt that our universe owes its existence to an infinitely intelligent and powerful Being.

It is said that Einstein, after studying atomic disintegration in order to rely on it to deny the existence of God, upon making the great discovery, nonetheless expressed himself by saying: "In every atom I see God!"