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)
