Same Old Creation

The time came when the Lord God formed a man’s body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life. And man became a living person.                                 Genesis 2:7

When the universe was set into motion, the Creator had made all the material that has ever been made. No new matter nor energy is being created. What we have now is an exchange of matter and energy, and various particles of matter, such as water, simply being endlessly recycled. As Albert Einstein explained, mass and energy are interchangeable, so both are part of the same creation. Indeed, matter is bursting with energy within its atomic structure.

I started thinking about this again today when there was a song at church with the lyrics stating that even the air we breathe was first breathed into us by God. That made me think of molecules that have been around, well, forever.  There are no new molecules out there, they are just recycled into different forms. Indeed, those first air molecules breathed into God’s creation are still hanging around today.

This simply reinforced for me the fact that the universe is created by God. If the universe were simply an evolving mass of material and energy, more would constantly be being created, right? I mean, if there are no creation rules, and things just…happen, then why isn’t there new stuff being created.

Yes, we can and do manipulate our creation and our environment. We have high speed particle accelerators that can change our current particles, split them into various components, etc., and even make new elements. But the basic material we have to work with, atoms, sub-atomic particles, etc, we have had around for some billions of years. All there right from the Big Bang or as I call it, creation

Nope, no new molecules springing forward, just the same old ones in different form. Kinda crazy, pretty amazing!

Prayer: Your creation is too amazing to understand, help us to simply appreciate it, Amen