The Bible might be Poe’s source for postulting a pulsating Universe which griws to a point then collapses only to manifest another iteration. Revelation does tell us that God is going to roll up the Universe like a scroll and make a new Heavens and New Earth.
The bible beginning is also like the current standard model for the beginning. gen 1:1 In the beginning God created heaven and earth.
Another words. Something came from nothing.
The current standard model is that all matter and energy existant today were were as nothing until 14.5 billion years ago—energy and matter exploded into being.
Another words. Something came from nothing.