Scientists
have been looking for the “Theory of Everything.” One person who thinks he
found it is physicist Brian Greene, who wrote The Elegant Universe:
Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory.
Greene’s “string theory” is a complicated concept suggesting that at its
tiniest level everything consists of combinations of vibrating strands, or
strings. He has described his theory as “a framework with the capacity to
explain every fundamental feature upon which the world is constructed.”
Over the
years, thinkers from Newton to Einstein to Hawking to Greene have spent the
greater portion of their lives trying to figure out how the universe works—and
they have proposed fascinating theories.
In
reality, for any theory to explain everything in the universe adequately it
must begin and end with God. “All things . . . visible and invisible” (Col.
1:16) have their origin in Him and exist for His glory (Ps. 72:19). The first
few verses of John’s gospel tell us that our Lord created the universe—and that
without His hand of creation nothing would exist.
That’s
why when we consider the world and everything in it, we can exclaim with
Isaiah: “The whole earth is full of His glory!” (6:3). Praise His holy name!
All
creation is an outstretched finger pointing toward God. (RBC)
