In the last 100 years scientists have confirmed three things about our universe:
1. The universe had a beginning from a single point and the universe was made out of nothing. Since there was a beginning there had to be a “beginner”, and that would be God.
2. The universe is expanding rapidly and accelerating. The universe is expanding at exactly the right speed to allow life to exist.
3. The universe is fine-tuned for life. Everyone knows the first two things but few people are aware the universe was crafted so that man could live here.
Scientists today know of over 200 known parameters necessary for a planet to support life; every single one of which must be perfectly met, or the whole thing we call life falls apart. If the ratio of nuclear and electromagnetic forces in the universe was off by even 1 X 10 to the 17th power no stars could form and therefore no planets. We exist by the thinnest of margins. Life exists on the edge of a knife blade and we keep trying to screw that up.
Isaiah 45:12 – I have made the earth, and created man on it. I – My hands – stretched out the heavens, and all their host I have commanded.
Psalm 119:89-91 – O Lord, your Word is established in heaven forever. Your faithfulness endures throughout every generation. You set the earth in place, and it continues to stand. All things continue to stand today because of your regulations, since they are all your servants.
Psalm 148:4-6 – Praise Him, you heaven of heavens, and you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He commanded and they were created. He also established them forever and ever, He made a decree which shall not pass away.
Isaiah 42:5 – Thus says God the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk on it.
Jeremiah 10:12 – He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, and had stretched out the heavens at His discretion.