Sinclair B. Ferguson

Or somebody with a guilty conscience might think hide.

Or, if you're a Christian, you might think of all kinds of things.

You might think of Jesus.

You might think of the book of Revelation.

The word millennium might come to mind.

But if you study the Bible for any length of time and know anything about theology, you know that Revelation is a word that describes the way in which God has made himself known to us.

And he's done that right from the very beginning.

I mean the beginning.

Genesis chapter 1, verse 1.

In the beginning, God...

I wonder if you've felt, as I have in recent years, that while scientists want to explore the nature of the cosmos, there are some scientists in particular who seem to want to get right back to the beginning of things, to the alpha point, and then go over the border of that alpha point in order to prove that there is absolutely nothing there.

And their deep motivation actually is to deny the existence of God.

And, of course, not all scientists have that kind of disposition.

But some of them are, like I remember as a youngster, Yuri Gagarin, the first Russian cosmonaut, going up into space and coming back down and saying, I went there to the edge of the universe, which, of course, he didn't, and there was no God.

You know, if that ever did happen, I think we might be justified in saying, we Christians have been telling you that for centuries.

We've been telling you that when you get to the edge of the cosmos, you will find nothing because God has created all things out of nothing.

And after all, the eternal God is not going to be subject to your little scientific experimentations.

No, the age-old question that philosophers have always asked and scientists still seek to penetrate, why is there something and not nothing, is a question that's answered right in the very first chapter of the Bible, right in the very first verse.

It is because God has revealed himself in creation.

The uncreated God has made all things.