The Beginning of Time
The Quantum Genesis; At the beginning of the universe is the Quanta; possibly the size of the Planck Length as this is the smallest thing we can scientifically imagine exist as before this it is so small and so hot that not even maths is happening. Science can’t go past this point and it is in the realm of theology.
Fundamental forces seperate in an expanding cauldron of potential, teeming with energy but with little form. Then, in a moment of unimaginable expansion and cooling, quantum forces come into existence, racing into being faster than the speed of light. These forces expand outward, creating one of the first boundaries of the universe. At a radius of 77 million light-years from the centre of creation, where gravity becomes an issue; whose influence will govern the structure of the cosmos. Photons spring into existence at the event horizon; illuminating the newborn universe.
The Hydrogen & Helium Era
As the universe cools and expands over the next 380,000 years; subatomic particles begin to sort themselves out. The era of hydrogen and helium, the simplest and most abundant elements, begins. This is the dawn of the transparent universe, where we can finally travel freely, unimpeded by the dense plasma of earlier epochs. This era of the Cosmos; boundless stars and galaxies and clusters of galaxies then ultimately down here life that can try to comprehend what created it.
The Heavy Elements Era
As time progresses, the universe enters the heavy elements era. Within the fiery hearts of stars, nuclear fusion forges elements heavier than hydrogen. Massive clouds of these elements ranging from gold to neutronium begin to coalesce. These clouds are drawn inward by gravity in a chaotic yet ordered spiraling mass of vortex.
Black Holes and the Dance of Decay
Toward the end will be a mass of spiraling black-holes that will eventually coalesce. Finally there will be a host of hyper-massive black-holes spiralling out into eternity. Black holes are subject to entropy and decay, slowly loosing their mass to nothing through Hawking radiation. The bigger they are the slower they decay. This final host off black holes, orbiting the beginning of time, are the cause of the cyclical nature of the cosmos, the spinning, turbulent, chaotic universe of fractal details we live in today; a cosmic dance that began at the dawn of time.
But these last vestiges of matter gradually accelerate toward the speed of light, as they loose mass to acceleration, getting close to the speed of light relative consequences kick in. They gain mass getting ever closer to the speed of light, creating a perpetual state, getting ever closer to the cosmic speed limit, but never reaching it.
The Vacuum of Eternity
All that remains is the vacuum of eternity. The vacuum of the Eternal Void exerts a pull on the anchoring point of a the Quanta, matter is a tangible result of chaotic tears in space-time, formed by the universe being stretched into existence by the pull of spiriling black-holes spinning out at the end of time. The universe comes from Nothing and starts with a single point around which really small, fast, hot stuff happens. Goes through an insanely complex yet ordered fractal dance, then ends with countless points surrounded by really dense, slow, cold stuff dissolving out into Nothingness.
Some of the confusion caused by trying to make sense of this is caused by the fact different physical laws apply to different parts of the universe. Quantum Theory applies to the Quanta at the beginning of the universe and Relative Theory applies to the Eternity at the end of the Universe, leaving us dealing with Chaos Theory, here where we have to live with it.
The Holy Trinity, Perichoresis and the Dance of Creation
Why did this happen? This cosmological journey is not random or purposeless. It is infused with divine intention, guided by the Holy Spirit. The universe is not a mindless mechanical system but a masterpiece of Grace, Perichoresis, a dance choreographed with divine intent by the Holy Trinity from the dawn of time. The Trinity “Holy, holy, holy God almighty, who was and is and is to come” exists in a mutually dependent relationship, no part of the universe exists in isolation. Everything is interconnected, from the smallest quantum fluctuations to the largest black holes, and everything happening to us at our scale of reality; are all part of a grand design.
The human spirit, created in the image of God, who is beyond space and time. We are special among God’s creations, we can conceive our creator. We have a place in the Kingdom of Heaven, which is where the ultimate truth lies, a reality more enduring and meaningful than anything that can be observed or measured. In the meantime we are the universe paying attention to itself. No other explanation is any more valid and none are any more edifying.
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