Genesis: From the Midst of Creation

An understanding of the Creation of The World from the perspective of Torah.

Not too long ago, scientists believed that the universe had no beginning. They thought that matter floated endlessly in the vast openness of space. Those subscribing to this theory had the mindset needed to rationalize the idea that one’s life has no meaning and is merely part of an irrelevant, everlasting drift. Some thought that the physical universe was in a steady, fixed state with nothing new being created or destroyed. If one were to adhere to this doctrine, then you would have to fathom how newly created things are formed every day. The belief that the physical universe is a fixed state is called the Static Theory.

 According to Albert Einstein, space and time operate on a continuum. Einstein published the Theory of General Relativity. It states that the speed of light does not change when physical matter interferes with it. However, this theory couldn’t be possible if it wasn’t for the fact that the physical universe had a beginning which affects the movement of the universe itself. When we look deeper into the universe, we would expect to see older stars farther away as the closer objects are closer to us not only in space but also time.

 In 1913, Astronomer Vesto Slipher discovered that the stars were moving across space. In 1925, Edwin Hubble researched the physical movement of galaxies and documented evidence that shatters the idea of a static universe. 

In 1980, Alan Guth discovered that the celestial objects in space were expanding from the center point of creation. With these theories in mind, we can infer that the universe would seem small if you were looking at the center point but would seem big when looking away from this point. This “arrow of time” implies that the physical space is moving from a direction. This implies that there is a point in which the dimensions of time and space come from.

If Scientists are to believe that the universe is a static entity that humans merely dwell in, then how would one explain how the galaxies are moving away from this centering point? If you were to merely acknowledge the center point where matter is moving away from, then you would have to believe that the original state of the universe came from source. 

A physical Big Bang isn’t even enough to allow itself to be created into a universe. Due to the law of gravity, objects of [greater] weight or mass pull matter towards it – making it inescapable for matter to gravitate into the same direction. If all matter expanded from the original singularity, then the mass/weight of the singularity would pull the big bang material back into the original place. Therefore, a powerful force had to have allowed it to expand into the current universe.

Eventually, the intellectual community began to believe in the Big Bang theory. Adherence to the idea of the universe having a beginning brought up the idea that it has to have had a primordial [creator] to help ignite the catalyst of creation. If not, then you have to ponder on whether or not the act of creation was just a random event with no greater meaning. 

Science is based on objective fact and not based on the personal interests of the entities interested in manipulating and exploiting facts. Whether it’s the hypothesis of the Bing Bang or Macroevolution, Science needs to be updated to accommodate this.

Many scientists still hold on to older theories. Science teachers still teach the “theory” of the Bing Bang even the theory of Dark Matter and the The Expansion (inflation) of The Universe are theories have credible evidence against them, the teachers of science are still known to promote these theories, but hopefully, in the near future, the World of Science will accept the truth of The Torah.

<The Creator>

If explosions can only create chaos, how can the universal explosion known as the “Big Bang” create a universe with such innate physical structure? The universe was carefully crafted by its maker…Hashem created the universe with His infinite wisdom. He formed the stars. He made the world what it is today.

Before Hashem could create the physical universe, there needed to be time. The existence of time is hinted at in the first word in the Torah – בראשית. This means “In the Beginning”. The starting point of time is what allows the movement of space to exist.

If time is something that was created and maintained by a deity who existed before this world, then He must be experiencing time differently.

“For a thousand years are in Your eyes like yesterday, which passed, and a watch in the night.” -Tehillim 90:4.

It makes sense that from the point of view of Shamayim, the time of the physical universe is perceived differently. In Devarim 32:7, it refers to the “days of old” and “other generations as two separate units. This may imply that the Measurement of Time, before Adam Ha-Rishon received his Neshamah, represents the days of creation while everything from his life onward is time from the human point of view. If an object has stronger gravity, time is slower for it. With this scientific concept in mind, one could infer that the  most powerful being in existence would not perceive an hour of an Earth day the way we do. 

For further proof of this, the Hashem told Adam that he would die on the day he took from the Tree of Knowledge. We all know that he died over a century later, but if the Torah was written by G-d, then when He said that Adam would die that day, he would be referring to time (as G-d saw it).

<Void of Darkness> 

What did G-d create the universe from?

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                                       הָאָ֗רֶץ הָֽיְתָ֥ה תֹ֨הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְח֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם        

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“The Earth was formless and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep” is one of the many ways in which the above phrase is translated.

“תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ” (“Tohu waVohu”) can be translated as “formless and void” or “astonishingly empty”. “תְה֑וֹם” (Tehom) last word in this [phrase] has the same root as תֹ֙הוּ֙. The universe, at this point, was a dark void. The universe was a blank abyss. G-d was able to put [something] into it.

Hashem was able to make something from nothing. Hashem is able to create and manipulate matter. Hashem transcended time, space, and the physical existence of this world. Therefor, the Torat Hashem is more objective than Science since it discusses G-d who is above reality.