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Many people ask, if God is omnipotent, then why did it take Him six days to create the universe? Couldn't He have just snapped it into existence all at once?
To answer that question, we have to look at the nature of omnipotence. What does omnipotence mean?
The dictionary defines omnipotence as "infinite power". Power is work divided by time, so infinite power would be the ability to project infinite force over an infinite distance in an instantaneous amount of time. So it's easy to think that it should be trivial for an omnipotent God to snap a whole universe into existence all at once.
But hold on a minute -- that's what infinite power would be under Newtonian physics, but Einstein showed us that Newtonian physics do not apply when we are talking about high velocities and massive objects. In a universe where relativity applies, infinite Newtonian power would convert to 1 Planck unit of power (3.6E+52 Watts), or the ability to generate roughly 2.0E+9 Joules every 5.4E-44 seconds. That huge amount of power is as much as 40 trillion quasars would produce.
What does this mean for the amount of time it would take to create a universe? How fast can God produce matter at a rate of 3.6E+52 Watts? Power is energy divided by time, and energy is equal to mass * the square of the speed of light (E=mc²). The math is simple if we use Planck units, because the speed of light is 1 Planck unit of velocity, so 1 Planck unit of energy converts directly to 1 Planck unit of mass. So, 1 Planck unit of power can produce 1 Planck unit of mass every 1 Planck unit of time, or roughly 2.5E+32 (250 nonillion) pounds of matter every hour -- enough matter to build a fabulous universe over the course of six days.
Therefore we can conclude that God chose to obey His own laws of physics when He created the universe, and that's why it took six days.
Pastor Billy-Reuben
To answer that question, we have to look at the nature of omnipotence. What does omnipotence mean?
The dictionary defines omnipotence as "infinite power". Power is work divided by time, so infinite power would be the ability to project infinite force over an infinite distance in an instantaneous amount of time. So it's easy to think that it should be trivial for an omnipotent God to snap a whole universe into existence all at once.
But hold on a minute -- that's what infinite power would be under Newtonian physics, but Einstein showed us that Newtonian physics do not apply when we are talking about high velocities and massive objects. In a universe where relativity applies, infinite Newtonian power would convert to 1 Planck unit of power (3.6E+52 Watts), or the ability to generate roughly 2.0E+9 Joules every 5.4E-44 seconds. That huge amount of power is as much as 40 trillion quasars would produce.
What does this mean for the amount of time it would take to create a universe? How fast can God produce matter at a rate of 3.6E+52 Watts? Power is energy divided by time, and energy is equal to mass * the square of the speed of light (E=mc²). The math is simple if we use Planck units, because the speed of light is 1 Planck unit of velocity, so 1 Planck unit of energy converts directly to 1 Planck unit of mass. So, 1 Planck unit of power can produce 1 Planck unit of mass every 1 Planck unit of time, or roughly 2.5E+32 (250 nonillion) pounds of matter every hour -- enough matter to build a fabulous universe over the course of six days.
Therefore we can conclude that God chose to obey His own laws of physics when He created the universe, and that's why it took six days.
Pastor Billy-Reuben
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