Thanks again for inviting me to another wonderful discussion. As before, I will speak from inspired ignorance.
Since we, as Christians, all agree, I presume, that God is the end-all, be-all of everything, He is boundless in space and time. When you consider the implications of “boundless”, then this and most conversations of the sort become meaningless. If He always has been and always will be, the very definition of eternal, then what does “beginning” mean? Why do we bother ourselves with these things other than through a self centered and egotistical desire to “know”?
God IS! God always has been! God will be forever! As A-G offers frequently, God said I AM. That says it all! So why do we discuss this? I suppose it is to try to understand HOW God’s universe works, and ourselves in it. Yet, to try to determine whether things happened because of God or for some other reason is a futile gesture.
Relax! Love it, live it and enjoy it! Let the scientists and engineers learn how it works and how to use it to make even more things work. It is our place to simply love and glorify God.
Thank you for sharing your insights, dear brother in Christ, and thank you for your encouragements!