Past

History is chock-full of indications of God's action. First of all, God is the Origin, the very first Cause of all things. Reality breathes the presence of an intelligent Designer. An awe-inspiring diversity and complexity couple with unshakeable fixed laws. This presupposes an ingenuity that defies every explanation by so-called science.

But God is not an unmoved Mover. He has not withdrawn His hands from His creation. He is the active Sustainer behind the scenes. He surrounds and sustains our universe of space, matter, time, and laws. He takes great interest in our small planet and man upon it. Whatever its place in the universe, for Him the earth is central. He governs its history. He does so in many different ways. Through great natural phenomena, through miracles, through dreams, through messages and instructions from prophets, through connections with man, and through rules that man must abide by. The greatest manifestation of God was His personal coming to earth in the Person of Jesus Christ.

Information

The origin of information

“In the beginning of the WORD. And the Word was with God, and the Word was God. This was in the beginning with God. And through the Word all things came into being. And without the Word nothing came into being that has come into being.”

This is how the Gospel of John begins. The Word contains information. Information lies at the foundation of everything that exists. In our information age, this is clearer than ever before. Where would we be today without computer programs that help us carry out our daily work efficiently and effectively? These programs are built from complex information, are written in a specific computer language, and all have a programmer who used this language to write instructions.

Biologists know that this is no different in biology. All life forms, from the most basic bacterium to humans, are made up of one or more cells that function based on information written in a language. This information is stored in our DNA. The language in which this information is written consists of four ‘symbols’ (represented by the letters A, C, G, and T). That seems like a small number of symbols, but there are twice as many as in the most fundamental computer code (zero and one).

Moreover, the DNA code fills APPROXIMATELY 1,000 SIZEY BOOKS. Every cell contains this small library of information, which determines the functioning and properties of our bodies. Our body contains approximately 100,000 BILLION CELLS with this information. Even one small error in this information can have major consequences for our functioning as human beings and cause a lifelong disability, illness, or disorder. Surely this complexity and precision require the work of a programmer much more than an app on our computers?

"And through the WORD all things came into being, and without the Word nothing came into being that has come into being."