A Ramble About God

While there are many theological hypotheses and models to describe God, I have found this one to be the most useful for my own personal understanding. Is it absolutely necessary to one's salvation to understand God in this way? No, of course not. But it does take all available data into account, and in my opinion has great explanatory power, which is what a good hypothesis should do.

First, we start with “In the beginning God created...” Scripture teaches us that God created the heavens and the Earth from nothing. If we are to understand this as absolute nothing, then this is impossible. Absolute nothing in the strictest sense is an impossibility because prior to creation God was all that existed. It is therefore impossible for God to create from absolute nothing if absolute nothing does not exist. Therefore we must understand “nothing”, not in the absolute sense, but in the sense of “no other created thing.” This frees us to understand that during the creation event, God used His own existence as the foundation for all created existence.

How is this possible?

Modern theoretical physics tells us that all matter and energy in existence are essentially one dimensional energy strings vibrating at a certain frequency and with a certain spin. The differences in frequency and spin determine which particle the string becomes. Those vibrations are waves.

Here's the thing, in order for any kind of a wave to exist, it must pass through a medium as the wave is actually just a rhythmic disturbance moving through the medium in question. For example, a sound wave must have air in order to exist; an ocean wave must have an ocean in order to form, a ripple in a pond must have a pond, etc.

Therefore, it isn't too much of a leap to suggest that the medium in which all “particles” of creation vibrate in order to achieve their “form” is God Himself. This automatically gives us the divine attributes of Omnipresence, Omniscience, and Omnipotence. He is literally everywhere and is in full “physical” contact with everything and everyone, thus He is fully aware of everything that has happened and as it is happening, and furthermore because of His relationship to the creation, nothing is outside the scope of His power in terms of modifying that creation in any way He sees fit.

This explanation also fulfills the requirement that God be transcendent. That is, God is unlike any created thing. He is completely “other”. It also explains why no one has seen God (in terms of God the Father) at any time. It is physically impossible for a created being to observe God the Father in His “natural” state as that natural state encompasses the observer's own existence.

The consequence of this is that He knows everything every human being knows, and feels everything every spiritual being, human being, animal, and plant (i.e. every living thing) feels at all times. This direct, constant contact with those thoughts and feelings would immediately result in absolute compassion and understanding for those beings. What affects us affects Him.

The Scriptures are also clear that God is Eternal, without beginning and without end. The first part of this is satisfied by the fact of His absolute mono existence prior to the creation event. God is all that existed prior to the existence of space and time.

Modern theoretical physics teaches us that space and time are not separate entities but merely four related dimensions among eleven. We know that all of creation moves along at least these four dimensions, but prior to creation, those dimensions could not have existed because God was all that existed. Therefore, God is not bound by this dimensionality, and does not move through it, rather these dimensions and everything existing along them move through Him. Therefore, even if space and time should cease their movement and cease to exist, this can in no wise affect the existence of God.

This also leads to the requirement that God be immutable. That is, He does not change. Change requires movement of position from one point to another, whether it is a point in time or a point in space. As was previously stated, time and space move through Him. Therefore, He remains static and motionless while the creation moves through Him.

The doctrine of the Trinity teaches that God is three persons or hypostases in one being or existence. The description I have given covers the first person of the Trinity, that is, God the Father.

The second person of the Trinity, God the Son, is, for lack of a better way of saying it, God's avatar which He uses to allow His creation to interact with Him on their terms. Ultimately this avatar was incarnated into a union of God and human being, the God-Man Jesus Christ, for the purpose of delivering humanity from their inherited malfunction.

The third person of the Trinity, God the Holy Spirit, proceeding from God the Father, is what is seen as the movement of God within His creation. The best way I can explain this is by observing the sun. It appears to be in motion across the sky, when in fact, relative to the Earth, the sun is stationary and the Earth is in motion. Therefore, what we perceive as His motion is in fact our motion as we interact with Him through space and time.

For me, this model fulfills all the theological requirements taught in the Christian faith about the “what” of God. It also builds a picture of a God who cannot truly be understood or contained by the human mind, but who is immanently near and can fully understand and empathize with us. Is it perfect? No, of course not. But as I stated at the beginning, it is useful for my own personal understanding as something my mind can at least work with in getting to know Him. I hope it helps whoever reads this as well.