The first sound: How science confirms the Bible’s account of creation

Genesis says that God spoke order into chaos. Scientific findings about the universe’s first sound resonate with scripture, says David Instone-Brewer

Now and then a scientific advance dramatically aligns with what the Bible already taught us. 

This happened when the Big Bang theory described the sudden start of creation that is indicated in Genesis: “And God said, ‘Let there be light’” (Genesis 1:3). It has recently happened again with the surprising discovery that even before the formation of atoms and rays of light, the universe reverberated with a ‘random’ noise that determined the design of the universe. The Bible not only told us about this, but it also says something that science can’t confirm or deny: this noise wasn’t random at all. God had spoken through his “Word”, Jesus, to bring order out of chaos (Genesis 1:1-4; John 1:1-3).