Let's look back how the Scripture accounted God's creationism:
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In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through Him, and without Him nothing came to be (John 1-3)
For in Him were created all things in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things were created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together (Colossians 1:16-17).
The earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
When everything is subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will (also) be subjected to the one who subjected everything to Him, so that God may be all in all.
Now with You is Wisdom, who knows Your works and was present when You made the world; Who understands what is pleasing in Your eyes and what is conformable with your commands.
"Worthy are You, Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; because of Your will they came to be and were created."
How varied are your works, LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
The LORD is good to all, compassionate toward all your works.
Filled with a noble spirit that stirred her womanly heart with manly courage, she exhorted each of them in the language of their forefathers with these words: "I do not know how you came into existence in my womb; it was not I who gave you the breath of life, nor was it I who set in order the elements of which each of you is composed. Therefore, since it is the Creator of the universe who shapes each man's beginning, as He brings about the origin of everything, He, in His mercy, will give you back both breath and life, because you now disregard yourselves for the sake of His law." Martyrdom of Mother and Sons I beg you, child, to look at the heavens and the earth and see all that is in them; then you will know that God did not make them out of existing things; and in the same way the human race came into existence.
A clean heart create for me, God; renew within me a steadfast spirit.
As it is written, "I have made you father of many nations." He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not exist. (Romans 4:17)
Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to bring to light the knowledge of the glory of God on the face of (Jesus) Christ.
Even without these, they could have been killed at a single blast, pursued by retribution and winnowed out by your mighty spirit; But you have disposed all things by measure and number and weight.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground."
The heavens declare the glory of God; the firmament proclaims the works of His hands. Day unto day pours forth speech; night unto night whispers knowledge. There is no speech, no words; their voice is not heard; A report goes forth through all the earth, their messages, to the ends of the world. He has pitched in them a tent for the sun.
I have dealt with great things that I do not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I cannot know.
God saw how good the light was. God then separated the light from the darkness. God called the dry land "the earth," and the basin of the water He called "the sea." God saw how good it was.
The earth brought forth every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it. God saw how good it was. God set them in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw how good it was.
God created the great sea monsters and all kinds of swimming creatures with which the water teems, and all kinds of winged birds. God saw how good it was.
God looked at everything He had made, and He found it very good. Evening came, and morning followed - the sixth day.
A psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how awesome is your name through all the earth! I will sing of Your majesty above the heavens.
More than this we need not add; let the last word be, He is all in all!
Great is the LORD and worthy of much praise, whose grandeur is beyond understanding.
For 'In Him we live and move and have our being,' as even some of Your poets have said, 'For we too are His offspring.'
For You love all things that are and loathe nothing that You have made; for what You hated, You would not have fashioned. And how could a thing remain, unless You willed it; or be preserved, had it not been called forth by You? But You spare all things, because they are Yours, O LORD and lover of souls.
Our God is in heaven and does whatever He wills.
"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia, write this: " 'The holy one, the true, who holds the key of David, who opens and no one shall close, who closes and no one shall open, says this: " '"I know Your works (behold, I have left an open door before you, which no one can close). You have limited strength, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the decision of the LORD that endures.
Woe to Assyria! My rod in anger, my staff in wrath. Against an impious nation I send him, and against a people under my wrath I order him to seize plunder, carry off loot, and tread them down like the mud of the streets. But this is not what he intends, nor does he have this in mind; Rather, it is in his heart to destroy, to make an end of nations not a few. "Are not my commanders all kings?" he says, "Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, or Samaria like Damascus? Just as my hand reached out to idolatrous kingdoms that had more images than Jerusalem and Samaria, just as I treated Samaria and her idols, shall I not do to Jerusalem and her graven images?" (But when the LORD has brought to an end all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the utterance of the king of Assyria's proud heart, and the boastfulness of his haughty eyes. For He says: "By my own power I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am shrewd. I have moved the boundaries of peoples, their treasures I have pillaged, and, like a giant, I have put down the enthroned. My hand has seized like a nest the riches of nations; As one takes eggs left alone, so I took in all the earth; No one fluttered a wing, or opened a mouth, or chirped!" Will the axe boast against him who hews with it? Will the saw exalt itself above him who wields it? As if a rod could sway him who lifts it, or a staff him who is not wood!
"Learn then that I, I alone, am God, and there is no god besides me. It is I who bring both death and life, I who inflict wounds and heal them, and from my hand there is no rescue.
So do not worry and say, 'What are we to eat?' or 'What are we to drink?' or 'What are we to wear?' All these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom (of God) and His righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides.
Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground." God created man in His image; in the divine image He created Him; male and female He created them. God blessed them, saying: "Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that move on the earth." (Genesis 1:1-22)
For God is the one who, for His good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work.
There are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.
Jesus looked at them and said, "For human beings this is impossible, but for God all things are possible."
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in Him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. (John 15:5)
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be. (John 14:13)
So it was not really you but God who had me come here; and He has made of me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his household, and ruler over the whole land of Egypt. (Genesis 45:8)
Even though you meant harm to me, God meant it for good, to achieve his present end, the survival of many people.
We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.
Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work he had been doing, He rested on the seventh day from all the work He had undertaken. (Genesis 2;2)
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The Bible says that God “stretched out” or “stretches out” the heavens which is mentioned eleven times. For emphasis, significant ideas are frequently reiterated in the Scripture. The stretching mentioned may be difficult to imagine but can be confidently perceived of its significance.
He alone stretches out the heavens and treads upon the crests of the sea.
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Robed in light as with a cloak. You spread out the heavens like a tent
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He stretches out the heavens like a veil, spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
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Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spreads out the earth with its crops, Who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk on it:
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“Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, who formed you from the womb: I am the LORD, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens; when I spread out the earth, who was with me?
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It was I who made the earth and created mankind upon it; It was my hands that stretched out the heavens; I gave the order to all their host.
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Yes, my hand laid the foundations of the earth; my right hand spread out the heavens. When I call them, they stand forth at once.
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And forget the LORD, your maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth? All the day you are in constant dread of the fury of the oppressor; But when he sets himself to destroy, what is there of the oppressor's fury?
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He who made the earth by his power, established the world by his wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by his skill.
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He has sworn who made the earth by his power, and established the world by his wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by his skill.
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An oracle: the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus says the LORD, who spreads out the heavens, lays the foundations of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him:
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Note: The context of each of the aforementioned verses deal with creation. Although past and present tenses (stretched and stretches) are uttered in these English translations, Hebrew verbs does not have past, present or future like English.
To determine verb tense, translators depends on context and other clues,
The creation completed in six days - Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work he had been doing, he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken.Genesis 2:2)
Exodus 20:11 implies that in God’s time the heavens were stretched out during the creation week. However, in our time, some redshifted light from extreme distances—a consequence of this past stretching—is reaching us now.
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Ancient religions and cultures generated several myths regarding origins. Some philosophers have asserted that everything is God, that the world is God, or that the world’s development is the development of God (Pantheism). Others claimed that the world is a necessary giving off evolving from God and returning to Him. Still others have insisted the existence of two eternal principles, Good and Evil, Light and Darkness, locked, in permanent conflict (Dualism), (Manichaeism). According to some of these perceptions, the world (at least the physical world) is evil, the product of a fall, and is thus to be rejected or left behind (Gnosticism). Some disclose that the world was made by God, but as by a watch-maker who, once He has made a watch, abandons it to itself (Deism). Finally, others refuse any awe-inspiring origin for the world, but perceive it simply as the interaction of matter that has constantly subsist (Materialism). All these attempts bear witness to the solidity and wide-range of the question of origins, which are typically human.
Human intelligence is definitely capable of looking for a response with regards to origins. The existence of God the Creator can be identified with firmness through His works, by the illumination of man’s reason, even if this knowledge is frequently concealed and flawed by mistake. That is why faith rolls up to substantiate and enlighten reason in the truthful comprehension of this reality: "By faith we understand that the world was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made out of things which do not appear." (Hebrew 11:3). Beyond the natural knowledge that man can have of the Creator, (Acts 17:24-29; brought Israel out of Egypt, and who by selecting Israel created and formed it, this same God reveals Himself as the One to whom belong all the peoples of the earth, and the whole earth itself; he is the One who alone "made heaven and earth". (Isaiah 43:1; Psalm 115:15; 124:8; 134:3).
Thus the exposition of creation is indivisible from the exposition and forming of the covenant of the one God with His People. Creation is exposed as the first step towards this covenant, the first and universal witness to God's all-powerful love. (Genesis 15:5); Jeremiah 33:19-26) The truth of creation is likewise expressed with increasing dynamism in the message of the prophets, the prayer of the psalms and the liturgy, and in the wisdom sayings of the Chosen People. (Isaiah 44:24; Psalm 104; Proverbs 8:22-31)
Thus the exposition of creation is indivisible from the exposition and forming of the covenant of the one God with His People. Creation is exposed as the first step towards this covenant, the first and universal witness to God's all-powerful love. (Genesis 15:5); Jeremiah 33:19-26) The truth of creation is likewise expressed with increasing dynamism in the message of the prophets, the prayer of the psalms and the liturgy, and in the wisdom sayings of the Chosen People. (Isaiah 44:24; Psalm 104; Proverbs 8:22-31)
The first three chapters of Genesis occupy a unique place about creation. From a literary standpoint these texts may have had varied sources. The inspired authors have positioned them at the start of Scripture to articulate in their solemn words the realities of creation - its beginning and its end in God, its sequence and righteousness, man’s vocation, and finally the tragedy of sin and the hope of deliverance. Creation, fall, and promise of salvation remain the principal source for catechesis on the mysteries of the "beginning," in the light of Christ, within the unity of Sacred Scripture and in the living Tradition of the Church.
" In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. (John 1:1-3) The New Testament exposes that God created everything by the eternal Word, His beloved Son. In Him " For in Him were created all things in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things were created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. (Colossians 1:16-17). The Church's faith also professes the creative action of the Holy Spirit, the "giver of life", "the Creator Spirit," the "source of every good.
The Old Testament suggests and the New Covenant exposes the creative action of the Son and the Spirit, (Psalm 33:6; 104:30; Genesis 1:2-3) indivisibly one with that of the Father.
The First Vatican Council enlightens that the one, true God, of His own goodness and "almighty power", not for amplifying His own beatitude, nor for achieving His perfection, but to manifest this perfection through the benefits which He gives to the creatures, with total liberty of counsel "and from the beginning of time, made out of nothing both orders of creatures, the spiritual and the physical.
The definitive reason of creation is that God "who is the creator of all things may at last become "all in all", thus simultaneously ensure His own glory and our beatitude."(1 Corinthian 15:28)
God created the world according to His wisdom (Wisdom 9:9) but not the outcome of any need whatever, nor of unsighted destiny or chance. It begins from God's free will; He desired to make His creatures impart in His being, wisdom and righteousness: "For you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created." (Revelation 4:11)
Therefore the Psalmist cries out: " How varied are your works, LORD! In wisdom you have made them all;the earth is full of your creatures.i"; and " The LORD is good to all, compassionate toward all your works." (Psalm 104:24; 145:9.
God needs no pre-existent thing or any help in order to create, nor is creation any sort of essential release from the divine substance. He creates generously "out of nothing.
If God had created the earth from pre-existent matter, what would be so bizarre about that? A human artisan makes from a given material whatever he desires, while God exhibits His power by starting from nothing to create all He desires.
Scripture bears witness to faith in creation "out of nothing" as a truth full of promise and hope. Thus the mother of seven sons encourages them for martyrdom: I do not know how you came into being in my womb. It was not I who gave you life and breath, nor I who set in order the elements within each of you. Therefore the Creator of the world, who shaped the beginning of man and devised the origin of all things, will in his mercy give life and breath back to you again, since you now forget yourselves for the sake of his laws. . . Look at the heaven and the earth and see everything that is in them, and recognize that God did not make them out of things that existed. Thus also mankind comes into being. (2 Maccabees 7:22-21-28)
As God creates through wisdom, His creation is structured: "You have arranged all things by measure and number and weight." (Wisdom 11:20). The universe, created in and by the eternal Word, the "image of the invisible God", is destined for and addressed to man, himself created in the "image of God" and called to a personal relationship with God. (Colossians 1:15, Genesis 1:26)
Our human understanding, which shares in the light of the divine power, can comprehend what God conveys us by means of His creation, though not without great effort and only in a spirit of humility and respect before the Creator and His work. (Psalm 19:2-5; Job 42:3) Because creation comes forth from God's goodness, it shares in that goodness - "And God saw that it was good. . . very good" (Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21 31) - for God desired creation as a gift addressed to man, a heritage destined for and entrusted to Him. On many circumstances the Church has had to secure the goodness of creation, including that of the physical world.
God is immeasurably greater than all His works: "You have set your glory above the heavens." (Psalm 8:1; Sirach 43:28). Indeed, God's "greatness is unsearchable". Psal 145:3) But because He is the free and sovereign Creator, the first cause of all that exists, God is present to His creatures' inmost being: "In him we live and move and have our being." (Acts 17:28). St. Augustine says, God is "higher than my highest and more inward than my innermost self".
With creation, God does not forsake His creatures to themselves. He not only gives them being and existence, but also constantly upholds and sustains them in being, enables them to act and brings them to their destiny. Recognizing this utter dependence with respect to the Creator is a source of wisdom and freedom, of joy and confidence:
For you love all things that exist, and detest none of the things that you have made; for you would not have made anything if you had hated it. How would anything have endured, if you had not willed it? Or how would anything not called forth by you have been preserved? You spare all things, for they are yours, O Lord, you who love the living (Wisdom 11:24-26).
Creation has its own goodness and appropriate perfection, but it did not spring forth complete from the hands of the Creator. The universe was created "in a state of journeying" toward an ultimate perfection yet to be reached, to which God has destined it. God guides His creation towards perfection through His divine providence” which
protects and governs all things which he has made, "reaching mightily from one end of the earth to the other, and ordering all things well". For "all are open and laid bare to his eyes", even those things which are yet to come into existence through the free action of creatures. (Wisdom 8:1; Hebrew 4:13).
The truth that God is at work in all the actions of His creatures is indissoluble from faith in God the Creator. God is the first cause who functions in and through secondary causes: "For God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure." (Philippians 2:13; 1 Corinthian 12:6). Far from reducing the creature's dignity, this truth boosts it. Drawn from nothingness by God's power, wisdom and righteousness, it can do nothing if it is cut off from its source, for "without a Creator the creature vanishes." Still less can a creature reach its destiny without the help of God's grace. (Matthew 19:26; John 15:5; 14:13).
God is master of the world and of its history. But the approaches of His providence are often mysterious to us. Only at the end, when our partial knowledge stops, when we see God "face to face",(1 Cor 13:12) will we fully discern the ways by which - even through the tragedy of evil and sin - God has guided His creation to that definitive sabbath rest for which he created heaven and earth (Genesis 2:2).
The fact that God allows physical and even moral evil is a mystery that God sheds light by His Son Jesus Christ who died and resurrect to vanquish evil. Faith reassures that God would not permit an evil if He did not cause a good to come from that very evil, in manners that we shall fully discern only in eternal life. Amen!
Conclusion:
With both the big bang and stretching rationalizations, it is tough to picture time beginning, the sudden presence of matter and energy in a small universe, a brief period when laws of physics did not come into view, and space inflation. The big bang theory asserts that space inflated for a short fraction of a second from a mathematical point - trillions of billions of times faster than the velocity of light today. On the other hand, the stretching theory position is that, a much smaller universe than we have today was speedily stretched out, along with the matter and light in that space. Although no scientific explanation can be provided for both forms of inflation, explanation that fits the perceptible proof as presented herein is discernible.
- Denise Chow, The Universe: Big Bang to Now in 10 Easy Step, shttp://www.space.com/, October 18, 2011 05:00pm ET
- Roland Michel Tremblay, Dark-Matter, Dark-Energy and the Big-Bang All Finally Resolved, http://www.grahamhancock.com/
- http://www.space.com/. The Universe: Big Bang to Now in 10 Easy Steps, by Denise Chow, SPACE.com Staff Writer | October 18, 2011 05:00pm ET
- Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMB), http://www.bbc.co.uk/
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, http://www.scborromeo.org/
- Michael Finkel for National Geographic, Are We Living in a Black Hole?, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/black-hole-blast-explains-big-bang/
- http://www.4thdayalliance.com/, Was there a Bib bang
- http://www.sciencedaily.com, Mysteries of the neutrino: Physicists investigate the Big Bang particleNovember 9, 2012 University of Huddersfield,
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