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© 2001  Joe Griffin

01-02-15.JSH-441 /

The Inscrutable Question: Rethinking the Laws of Thermodynamics: Time Demands Entropy, Gen 1:2
	28-	Conclusions drawn from Genesis 1:1:
1.	God created the universe in a chronon of time.  Genesis 1:1.
2.	The agent of creation was Jesus Christ according to Colossians 1:16; John 1:3.
3.	His creation of the universe was perfect.  Deuteronomy 32:4; 1 Corinthians 14:33; Isaiah 45:18.
4.	His creative act included all the laws of physics which maintain order in the universe.  Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 1:3.
5.	Since the order of the universe is maintained by the omnipotence of Jesus Christ then judgment upon the universe must be imposed by the omnipotence of Jesus Christ.
6.	Judgment was the result of creature sin, namely, that of Lucifer in Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14.
7.	This judgment included the withdrawal of all light from the universe by means of catastrophic events managed by the omnipotence of Jesus Christ through the use of His laws of physics.
8.	A description of these judgmental events is the subject of Genesis 1:2.
Genesis 1:2
Genesis 1:2 - [CTL] But the earth became desolate and empty; and absolute darkness was on the face of the raging waters [ ice pack ]. 
1-	As soon as the warrant was served to Lucifer, access to the universe was withdrawn for him and all the angels.  The venue for the trial was the third heaven and thus the angels were not allowed to leave it until a verdict was rendered.
2-	The judgment upon the earth included a cataclysm that caused global disruption in the form of earthquakes and floods.
3-	When the Lord created the universe He designed it to run on certain laws that He invented.  From the moment of creation this system of laws has been in place and through them our Lord’s omnipotence and immutability continue to “hold all things together.”
4-	In our introduction to Genesis 1:2 I speculated that when the Lord imposed judgment upon the universe, including the earth, He utilized certain laws of physics to do so, specifically, the imposition of the second law of thermodynamics.
5-	This law has to do with energy decay and states that every system left to its own devices always tends to move from order to disorder, its energy tending to be transformed into lower levels of availability, finally reaching the state of complete randomness and unavailability for further work.
6-	Within the application of this law is the principle of entropy: the measure of the unavailable energy in a closed thermodynamic system; the degradation of the matter and energy in the universe to an ultimate state of inert uniformity; the steady disorganization of a system.
7-	Thus the second law of thermodynamics and the principle of entropy insure the fact that the universe is destined to wind down.
8-	My assertion was that the second law of thermodynamics and its principle of entropy were not employed in the universe until the fall of Lucifer.
9-	Further, their employment was the manner by which divine judgment was imposed upon the universe and implied in Genesis 1:2 and Isaiah 45:18.
10-	However, I have had ongoing conversations with resident physicists and their opinions about the subject are that the first law of thermodynamics requires the function of the second law.
11-	The first law states that everything that exists in space and time is energy and everything that happens is energy conversion. 
12-	Thus, energy can be converted from one form to another, but can neither be created nor destroyed.
13-	However, the conversion of energy is constantly going on throughout the universe, forces are interacting, and work is being done.  Thus, entropy must have been part of the original creation and a part of its original laws of physics.
14-	With this in view I offer a revised consideration:
1.	When Jesus Christ created the universe it was His intention to limit its existence to a predetermined period during which his perfect will, plan, and purpose for His creatures would be worked out.
		2.	Therefore the means by which He imposed this limit was the invention of time, which by definition is the measurement of the duration of events in action during which movement and work occur.
		3.	According to the Scripture time will come to an end by the command of Jesus Christ.  However, left on its own, the universe would eventually wind down.
		4.	We thus conclude that entropy must have been a part of the laws of physics established by our Lord at the point of the creation.
		5.	Question: How can a tendency toward disorder be a part of a perfect universe?  Answer: Because time is temporal and is perfectly designed at some point to terminate.
		6.	Our official definition of time is: indefinite, continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
		7.	Individual angels were created in the eternal state but were allowed to enter into time and enjoy the gracious advantages afforded them in a perfect universe.
		8.	This perfect universe however is made up of matter and energy that converts from one form to the other and, as they do, work is produced and entropy increases.
		9.	Further, the duration of these conversions are measured by time, which tracks the history of the universe from its creation to its destruction.
		10	Consequently, if the universe were a clock, entropy would be its mainspring.  When a clock is wound, the curvature of the spring is increased, and energy thus stored.  As the mainspring “unwinds” the energy is expended and eventually, in time, the clock stops.
11	Thus time is temporal in that it has a beginning and an ending.  This concept is known by our Lord and clearly expressed by:
Isaiah 44:6b - “I am the first and I am the last and there is no God beside Me.”
Isaiah 46:9b - “I am God and there is no one like Me,
v. 10 - declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things which have not been done, saying, ‘My purpose will be established and I will accomplish all My good pleasure.’”
Revelation 21:6 - I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.”
Revelation 22:13 - “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
		12	These verses use three idioms which refer to the principle that Jesus Christ controls history:
1)	Alpha and Omega: “Alpha” refers to His undiminished deity and eternal life from eternity past.  “Omega” refers to His hypostatic union and eternal life in eternity future.
2)	The First and the Last: “The First” refers to Jesus Christ as the eternal God who controls history.  “The Last” refers to His hypostatic union in which He terminates history.
3)	The Beginning and the End: “The beginning” refers to Jesus Christ as the One who began human history with the creation of mankind.  “The end” refers to Jesus Christ as the One who ends human history with judgment to unbelievers and the creation of the new heavens and a new earth for believers.
		13	Thus time is the means by which entropy is measured.  Allowed to run its course, time would end whenever entropy reached it ultimate state of “inert uniformity.”
		14	Consequently, time and entropy began with the creation of the universe in Genesis 1:1.

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