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NASB | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth. [Heb 11:3] |
Subject: The Bible and Science, #1 |
Bible Note: Depending on the overall mass of the universe, either 1). if the mass is low, the current expansion of space-time will continue indefinitely or 2). if the mass is high, the current expansion will slow down and then the universe will begin to contract, presumably back into the infinitely dense, zero-dimensional singularity from whence it came. If 1), the universe will simply unwind, like a clock-spring, eventually reaching what has been termed "heat death", when everything cools to absolute zero and its all over. However, this presumes the universe is closed, i.e. that there are no external energy supplies feeding the system. If 2), either the Big Crunch will be followed by another Big-Band or the resulting singularity will simply disappear into nothingness. So, Cosmology suggests the fate of the universe is either "heat death", oscillations of Bang/Crunch, or a one-time sequence of Bang/Crunch/goodbye. The mass question is why so many people are interested in the so-called "dark matter" currently topical in the field. Estimating the mass of the universe with what we can see results in a mass that is low, but if we can estimate how much matter exists that we cannot see directly, then we have a better idea of what direction the theories should go. Parable |