Did God Create The Heavens And Earth In One Day?

Science is defined as the field of observing the Universe comprised of energy, time, matter, and space and how each of these natural phenomena acts and reacts. Sadly, immutable science and biology have been replaced by ideologic social and psychological belief systems comprised of metaphysical terms, esoteric emotions, and philosophical absurdities rather than objective science.

However, it is still believed by many scientists (for the time being!) that the entire Universe came forth from a vacuum state which underlies everything within it and is the foundation of existence for all things because virtual particles are spontaneously emanating and being absorbed continuously without end.

Every event has a cause. There is a growing consensus among scientists that it was within a concentrated ball of light that appeared out of nowhere during a rapid and cataclysmic explosive expansion or "inflation," all energy, space, and time came into existence together in what is known as the "Big Bang" which was first hypothesized by the Belgian priest and cosmologist physicist Georges Lemaître in 1931. It is believed that this happened in only about a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth (10 to the minus 35) second and then started to immediately cool, leaving behind a faint pattern of temperature fluctuations on the edge of the observable Universe. Before the so-called 'Big Bang,' it is theorized, there was no time or space.

THE MULTI-STAGES OF CREATION

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth. 2 Now the Earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 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 NIV)

The verses describe the primary stages of Creation. There were six "evening(s)" and "morning(s)," which became the "day(s)" (v5) of the Creation week. The word "evening" (Heb: "erev") represents the darkness of time immediately preceding and following the setting of the Sun. Darkness obscures the light and the ability to discern order and identify shapes. It is "formless and empty" (v2).

The word "morning" in Hebrew is "boker," which indicates the point of time at which the obscurity of the night changes to the dawn of the day when the advent of light provides the ability to visibly discern forms and shapes, bringing into view the design and order of things.

"God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning — the sixth day." (Genesis 1:31 NIV)

The Targum Onkelos translation of the Hebrew into Aramaic of the verse above emphasizes the proclamation because it is a well-established and unified order. This verse indicates that the spiritual and physical worlds were originally linked or integrated.

LET THERE BE LIGHT

In the very first words of the book of Genesis, in a single finite moment before time began, the infinite God spoke the Universe into existence and created it from a ball of energy that appeared suddenly from nothingness.

God's first recorded words were "Let there be light" and photons of light appeared for the first time! (Genesis 1:3 NIV) A literal translation of this command is "Light, exist!" This showed the absolute creative power and control God has over all things. He spoke succinctly into the void and commanded photons to come into being.

The first light pervaded everything, filling the entire Universe. God is the creator of light and darkness, but they cannot exist together, so they function at separate times.

"Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it" (Isaiah 42:5 ESV)

The Hebrew verb translated as "created" is "bara" and is defined as "bringing into existence something new, something that did not exist before" (See Gen 1:1; 2:3; 2:4; Ps 148:5; Isa 40:26; 42:5; 45:18). The Universe was made out of something that cannot be measured or detected.

God alone instantly "…created the heavens and stretched them out..." (Isaiah 42:5 ESV). The characteristic of the Universe stated more frequently than any other in the Bible is that it was "stretched" out and continues to expand. Jesus, God the Son, is responsible for the cosmic expansion (Job 9:8; Ps 104:2; Is 40:22; 44:24; 45:12; 48:13; 51:13; Jer 10:12; 51:15; Zech 12:1).

"He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in." (Isaiah 40:22 NIV)