One More Time...

Earlier, I stated that our physical universe was an iteration of one of Gods creations. With infinity at Gods disposal, undoubtedly there could have been an infinite number of iterations in which universes were created, destroyed, re-created, tweaked, destroyed etc... Finally, the Bible stops and drops into a creation of a universe where we are the active participants.

How can I be so sure that this creation was not Gods one and only attempt at universe building? There are a few clues that are unexplained in the Biblical text itself. Since Gen.1:1 and forward, describe our creation, from little more than the start of light and dark, at what time before that were the Angels created? I can't recall any mention of any dinosaur hunts. But dinosaurs were here and for sure, Noah (Gen 6:9) was not herding pterodactyls on board the ark!

A great war in heaven, (Rev 12:7) was foretold by John, but when did that happen? Must have been before Gen 1:2, because Satan was already prowling around Eden after that. Scholars have proposed that a Gap Theory exists in the Bible, right between Gen 1:1 and Gen1:2. The NIV Bible translation uses the word now to define the end of the Gap. "Now the earth was formless and empty..." (Gen 1:2) this could presumably be the result of the war, or even a new start for our version of Earth, another iteration? Regardless, the use of the word now would seem to suggest a time before now as in, what was then and what is now.

From an engineering standpoint, we already know that God is very accurate and precise with time, and that allows our physical laws to remain constant. Preparing the Earth through various physical transformations would likely give us the perfect construct to call home. Even today the Earth is still changing, shifting, and active to the core.

A blacksmith fashions a sword by applying heat and pounding pressure to shape and harden its edges and core. This operation is performed numerous times on the sword and eventually it becomes suitable to be used as it was intended.

All of this explains another characteristic to learn about God. With the power to create anything by mere spoken word, God chooses to operate within our reality and maintain the physical constants to provide us with an existence in the past, present and future.