What the Bible Tells us

 "This is the history of the heavens and the earth in the same time they were created." (Genesis 2:4) With those words, the Bible summarizes it account of how our planet came to be. Does what the Bible says harmonize with scientific facts? Consider a few examples.

Has the universe always existed?

Genesis 1:1 states: "in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." 

Up into the second half of the 20th century, many prominent scientists believe that the universe always existed. But based on more recent discoveries, most scientists now acknowledge that our universe did, in fact, have a beginning. 

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