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Matter Matters to God

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Out of nothing God made everything. God brought the universe into being in a very specific way.

According to the Bible, Jesus authored all of this process. He’s the One through whom the universe was made (Heb. 1:2). Every element, birthed through every one of the estimated forty supernovae that explode every second in our known universe, was made through Him.[1] Matter came into being through the cosmos-arranging wisdom of Christ. In a very real sense, the dying and resurrecting Jesus of the Gospels created a dying and resurrecting universe. Through the life-and-death cycle of stars, He made more out of matter—more elements to fill the universe via supernovae and more out of those elements via all that they came to be, including His very own human body.

Clearly matter matters to Jesus—so much so that He took on a physical body. That body then went through life, death, resurrection, and ascension. That means Jesus’ resurrected human body remains a part of the community of the Trinity. Is there a more powerful way for God to affirm that matter matters?

When Christ took on human nature, He also took on many of the heavier elements in the universe that form our bodies. So, through His death, resurrection, and ascension, Jesus really did make all things new (Rev. 21:5).

Matter matters because it came from the mind of God. God imagined, designed, and created the universe. The cosmos is God’s brainchild. Matter also matters because it says something about who God is. The sheer quantity and complexity of matter is indicative of the immense scope of God’s revelation. When science does what science does, it helps humanity unpack God’s revelation through creation and affirms that science-loving human beings are made in the image of a creation-loving God.

[1] Allen Dailey, “How Many Supernovae Explode Each Second in the Universe?” Astronomy, August 25, 2008.

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Pray: God, I believe You made all things and that everything matters deeply to You. What I notice and find intriguing in creation is that You are already aware of its mysteries. Before I even see something new, You saw it. Let me see what You see, Lord. Heal my eyes and make them new. Transform my perceptions in relation to You and what You’ve made. Sync my thoughts with Yours and inspire my words, I pray.