The critical first billion years, during which life began, are blank pages in the earth's history.

Scientists have no proof that life was not the result of an act of creation.

There is no explanation in the Big Bang theory for the seemingly fortuitous fact that the density of matter has just the right value for the evolution of a benign, life supporting universe.

Now we see how the astronomical evidence supports the biblical view of the origin of the world. The details differ, but the essential elements in the astronomical and biblical accounts of Genesis are the same: the chain of events leading to man commenced suddenly and sharply at a definite moment in time, in a flash of light and energy.

The fossil record contains no trace of these preliminary stages in the development of many-celled organisms.

What is the ultimate solution to the origin of the Universe? The answers provided by the astronomers are disconcerting and remarkable. Most remarkable of all is the fact that in science, as in the Bible, the world begins with an act of creation.

The Hubble Law is one of the great discoveries in science it is one of the main supports of the scientific story of Genesis.

The chain of events leading to man commenced suddenly and sharply, at a definite moment in time, in a flash of light and energy.

For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance he is about to conquer the highest peak as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.