The Bible does not speak about the size of our universe, but it speaks to the amazing power of our God. Currently, science sets an upper limit estimate for the size of our ever-expanding universe at 28 Gigaparsecs, or an amazing 864,100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 meters (P. Bielewicz, A. J. Banday, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 412, Issue 3, 11 April 2011, Pages 2104–2110). If this is correct, it would mean that a spotlight shined from earth would take over 91 billion years to reach the farthest “edge” of the universe.
Most ancient cultures believe the universe always existed and that God showed his power in organizing the chaos. However, the Bible teaches that our universe did have a beginning. Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Additionally, the LORD, “…stretched out the heavens, laid the foundation of the earth, and formed the spirit of man within him,” Zechariah 12:1 (CSB).
Today, through studying the astronomical evidence in the heavens, the scientific community asserts the universe had a “beginning” about 14 billion years ago. They also conclude that space expanded very, very rapidly. This is a remarkable corroboration of the Zechariah scripture teaching God “stretched out” or expanded the heavens. (see "In the Beginning God Created the Heavens" by J. Parkinson, “Beauties of the Truth,” February 2015.
We have a direct statement in the Gospel of John that the “Word,” who “became flesh” as our Jesus (John 1:14), was directly involved in every act of creating our visible universe (John 1:3,10). In Proverbs, the “Word” is described as a master builder who was by Jehovah God’s side throughout creation (Proverbs 8:22-31). It appears reasonable that God and His “only begotten son” Jesus (John 3:16) along with the other subsequently created “sons of God” (Job 38:7) - the angels - created all things.
Related Questions
June 09th 2023 | 56026 views Why does God the great creator who has all power and wisdom permit the reign of sin and evil in the earth? When we see all of the sorrow and misery existing in the world because of the evil we wonder that a just and loving creator would permit these things when he has the ability to put an end to them at any time?
July 31st 2014 | 38945 views Were there other people outside of the Garden of Eden while Adam and Eve were in the garden?
August 30th 2017 | 43852 views It is claimed by scientists that the motion of the earth upon its axis has not varied a second for thousands of years. In view of this, how shall we account for the statement of Joshua 10:13, "The sun and moon stood still and the sun hasted not to go down about a whole day"?
August 18th 2014 | 39003 views What elements of the text of Genesis chapters 6-9 could you use to point someone to the global nature of the Flood?
September 04th 2024 | 26403 views In Genesis 1:1, is God plural?
February 28th 2017 | 42427 views Was Adam red in color in order to get all the colors of humanity that we see today?
August 19th 2014 | 40538 views The scriptures state that God created the Earth not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited (Isaiah 14:18). And also that the earth abideth forever (Ecclesiastes 1:4). This seems to imply that the earth will be populated forever. If this be true, where will they get their supplies from, such as coal, minerals, timber, etc. when the present sources are exhausted?
July 30th 2014 | 38979 views