Beginning of the End

True Science and the Bible Agree

In the Word of God many questions are raised that scholars can never answer. There is much among the common things of everyday life that human minds with all their boasted wisdom can never fully understand. BOE 46.4

Yet scientists think they can comprehend the wisdom of God. The idea is widespread that He is restricted by His own laws. People either deny or ignore His existence or think to explain everything, even the operation of His Spirit on the human heart; and they no longer reverence His name. BOE 46.5

Many teach that nature operates in harmony with fixed laws with which God Himself cannot interfere. This is false science. Nature is the servant of her Creator. God does not set aside His laws but is continually using them as His instruments. In nature there is the continual working of the Father and the Son. Christ says, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working” (John 5:17). BOE 46.6

Regarding this world, God’s work of creation is completed. “The works were finished from the foundation of the world” (Hebrews 4:3). But His energy is still exerted in upholding the objects of His creation. Every breath, every beat of the heart, is an evidence of the universal care of Him in whom “we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28). The hand of God guides the planets and keeps them in position. He “brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, by the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, not one is missing” (Isaiah 40:26). Through His power plants and greenery flourish, leaves appear, and the flowers bloom. He “makes grass to grow on the mountains” (Psalm 147:8), and by Him the valleys are made fruitful. “All the beasts of the forest ... seek their food from God” (Psalm 104:20, 21), and every living creature, from the smallest insect to the full-grown human, is daily dependent upon His providential care. BOE 46.7

All true science is in harmony with His works; all true education leads to obedience to His government. Science opens new wonders to our view—it soars high and explores new depths, but it brings nothing from its research that conflicts with divine revelation. The book of nature and the written Word shed light on each other. BOE 47.1

We may be ever searching, ever learning, and still there is an infinity beyond. The works of creation testify of God’s power and greatness (see Psalm 19:1). Those who take the written Word as their counselor will find in science an aid to understand God. “Since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead” (Romans 1:20). BOE 47.2