A thought journey on the beginning of time and the origin of the universe
Have you ever thought about the beginning? What is that, you say? You know — whatever it was that showed up first. Or whatever it was that was here first, at the earliest moment in time. Have you ever strained your brain to think about that? Wait a minute, you say, isn’t it possible that in the beginning there was nothing? Isn’t it possible that Gazillions of years ago, there wasn’t anything at all. Now for a moment let us move away from nothing and look at existence, the existence of something. Many things exist. You, for example, are something that exists, a very important something. Therefore, you are proof that Absolutely Nothing never existed. Now, if Absolutely Nothing never existed, that means there was always a time when there was at least something in existence. What was it? Was it one thing or many things? Was it an atom? A particle? A molecule? A football? A mutant baseball? A refrigerator? Some cookies?
If there ever was Absolutely Nothing, there would still be Absolutely Nothing today. Since there is something (you, for example), that means that Absolutely Nothing never existed. If it ever did, you wouldn’t be here reading this right now. Absolutely nothing would still be here. So there was never a time when Absolutely Nothing existed. Therefore, there has always been something. But what? If we go back to the very beginning, what was the something that must have existed? Was it more than one something, or just one? And what was it like, judging by what exists today? So here’s where we are. The something that existed at the beginning must be able to exist without depending on anything else. It must be totally and fully self-sufficient. For It was alone at the very beginning. And It needed no environment within which to exist.
Second, the something that existed at the very beginning must have the ability to produce something other than Itself. For, if It could not, then that Something would be all that exists today. But Something Else exists today. You.
Third, to produce Something Else — out of nothing — requires an incredible amount of power. So the something must have great power at its disposal. If it takes us miles and miles of corridor and the most energy we can harness, just to produce the tiniest particle, how much power would it take to produce the matter in the universe? What we see is this: the something at the very beginning will always be greater than the Something Else it produces. The something exists on its own. Something Else, however, needs something to exist. Therefore, Something Else has needs. It is therefore inferior to something, and will always be so, for the Eternal Something has no need of another.
The something might be able to produce Something Else that is like It in some ways, but no matter what Something Else will always be unlike It in other ways. The Eternal Something will always be greater with respect to time and power. Thus, the Eternal Something cannot produce an exact equal to itself. It alone has always existed. It alone can exist independent of another. We are bound by time and space. God, however, is the Eternal Someone. And He untranscended in the person of Jesus Christ.