The Simplicity of the Complexity

God's design is both astoundingly simple and unbelievably complex. The simplicity begins with the activity of three separate persons performing the functions of the creation. God the Father initiating design (Genesis 1:1), the Son carrying out His plan (John 1:1-3) and the Holy Spirit observing and hovering over it (Genesis 1:2). Just as God utilized the three persons of the Trinity to speak the universe into existence, He designed the universe and its laws with three characteristics. As science teaches, we experience our universe through three parameters-Time, Space and Matter. "In the beginning..."-Time, "...God created the heavens..."-Space, "...and the Earth."-Matter. Some may ask "What about energy; isn't that a parameter we experience." As we have learned, matter and energy are two forms of the same as expressed in the formula for the Theory of Relativity developed by Albert Einstein, E=mc squared. Where the amount of energy, E, available in the universe is dependent on mass, m, and the speed of light, c.

 

So far we have the Triune God that created and the triune universe that was created. Now let's look at the three parameters of the universe. As we experience time, we are aware of three dimensions-past, present, and the future. We experience space in three dimensions, length, width and depth or X,Y and Z as science denotes it. And finally, matter has three forms, solid, liquid, and gas. When we examine matter on the microscopic level we find that the primary subatomic particles that make up all matter are protons, neutrons and electrons. We could also go further into protons and neutrons and find that on a quantum level, protons and neutrons are made of three quarks each. By the way, science has decided that all of these particles exist without ever seeing any quarks, protons, neutrons, electrons or even atoms. On a Macro-scale, the triune universe is so vast, science is only guessing how vast it is; if you blink it is much bigger than it was. Now we are getting into the complexity of these simple triune things and parameters at which we marvel. This is stuff for another blog.

Please continue to follow along with us to examine the complexity of God's marvelous creation. “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” John 8:32. We will go were the truth takes us.