Hubble Confirms Bible's Divine Authenticity
Our Beautiful Earth Today
Our Earth in the Beginning
Our Earth in the Beginning
In 2009, while conducting research for Hubble Reveals Creation, I came across a compelling discovery made by the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes in 2004. Their observations revealed that Earth-like planets form within dense clouds of gas and dust known as protoplanetary disks.
What struck me was how closely these scientific findings paralleled an ancient description recorded more than 3,500 years earlier. Genesis 1:2 describes the early Earth as “formless, desolate, and covered in darkness.” Modern observations of protoplanetary disks show precisely such conditions—chaotic structure, obscuring dust, and an absence of defined planetary features.
Earth, as observed today from space, is a complex and life-supporting planet. However, planetary science shows that Earth’s early history was markedly different from its present state. During its formation, Earth existed as an unstructured and hostile environment, lacking stable landforms, oceans, or atmosphere as we know them today.
Our Earth in the Beginning
Our Earth in the Beginning
Our Earth in the Beginning
In 2004, observations from the Hubble Space Telescope provided detailed images of protoplanetary disks—regions of gas and dust surrounding young stars where planets are actively forming. These observations show early planetary bodies in chaotic, opaque, and undeveloped states, characterized by darkness, turbulence, and lack of defined structure.
The convergence between these NASA discoveries and the ancient account highlights a remarkable alignment between modern astrophysical models of planetary formation and one of the earliest recorded descriptions of Earth’s primordial state!
They Observed what Moses Described!
Hubble Space Telescope in Orbit over Earth
Spitzer Space Telescope in Orbit around the Sun
Spitzer Space Telescope in Orbit around the Sun
Launched in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope is a NASA-led observatory operated in collaboration with international scientific partners to study the origin, formation, and structure of the universe. Over more than three decades of continuous operation, Hubble has observed objects spanning nearly 14 billion years of cosmic history, producing over 1.5 million calibrated scientific images that have fundamentally advanced astrophysics and cosmology.
In 2004, Hubble observations, combined with infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope, enabled detailed study of protoplanetary disks—dense, rotating structures of gas and dust surrounding young stellar objects. These environments represent the earliest stages of planetary formation, where dust grains accrete and coalesce under gravity to form planetary bodies.
The resulting imagery and spectral data demonstrate that planets originate within opaque, dust-rich regions of interstellar material, characterized by low visibility, high turbulence, and the absence of mature planetary structure. This observational evidence provides a well-established scientific framework for understanding the early formation processes of Earth and other planets within our galaxy.
Spitzer Space Telescope in Orbit around the Sun
Spitzer Space Telescope in Orbit around the Sun
Spitzer Space Telescope in Orbit around the Sun
The Spitzer Space Telescope—originally known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)—was launched by NASA in August 2003 as part of the agency’s Great Observatories program. Designed to observe the universe in infrared wavelengths, Spitzer was uniquely capable of penetrating dense clouds of gas and dust that obscure visible-light telescopes, allowing scientists to study regions where stars and planets are actively forming.
During its primary and extended missions, Spitzer operated for more than 16 years, far exceeding its original design lifetime, before science operations officially concluded on January 30, 2020. One of its most significant early contributions came in 2004, when Spitzer, working in coordination with the Hubble Space Telescope, provided critical infrared data revealing the structure and composition of protoplanetary disks surrounding young stars.
These observations helped establish the modern scientific model of planetary formation, demonstrating that Earth-like planets form within dense, dust-rich disks of material—a process believed to have occurred approximately 4.5 billion years ago during the formation of our own solar system.
Earth's Beginning was Dark and Chaotic
From a Cloud of Star Dust to Sunlight
Since the launch of the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, astronomers have gained significant insight into how stars and planetary systems form within nebulae. Nebulae, such as the Carina Nebula, are vast interstellar clouds composed primarily of gas and dust that occupy the space between stars and serve as active regions of star formation.
Within the cold, dense, and opaque interior regions of these clouds, gravitational collapse leads to the formation of protostars. As a protostar develops, conservation of angular momentum causes surrounding material to flatten into a rotating protoplanetary disk. Gas and dust from this disk gradually accrete onto the growing star, while the remaining material within the disk undergoes further aggregation.
It is within these dust-rich, light-obscured protoplanetary disks that planets begin to form. Through processes of accretion and collision, dust grains coalesce into larger bodies, eventually giving rise to planets as the disk material is incorporated into planetary masses or cleared by stellar radiation and winds..
Early Earth in a Dark & Formless Condition
Moons orbit planets, and planets orbit stars; however, recent astronomical observations have expanded this framework. Astronomers have discovered that planet-forming processes can also occur around substellar objects only slightly more massive than planets themselves.
Observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope detected a circumstellar—or more accurately, circumsubstellar—disk of dust-rich material surrounding an extremely low-mass brown dwarf, an object often described as a “failed star” because it lacks sufficient mass to sustain hydrogen fusion. The presence of this disk indicates that the physical mechanisms responsible for planet formation are not limited to Sun-like stars.
These findings support current models of early planetary formation, in which planets begin as diffuse, unstructured aggregates of dust and rocky material embedded within cold, opaque disks. Over time, through accretion and gravitational interactions, these initial dust concentrations can forn into fully formed planetary bodies.
Earth Emerged from Darkness as it Matured
Middle Stage of Planet Formation
This artist’s illustration depicts an intermediate stage of planetary system development in the young star system UX Tau A, estimated to be approximately one million years old and located about 450 light-years from Earth. At this stage, planet formation is actively reshaping the surrounding protoplanetary disk as material is redistributed through accretion processes.
Observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope revealed a pronounced gap within the dusty disk orbiting the system’s central star. Astronomers interpret this feature as evidence of one or more forming planets, whose gravitational influence has cleared material along their orbital paths.
The scale of the gap is substantial. If transposed to our solar system, it would extend from the orbit of Mercury to that of Pluto, illustrating the significant impact that emerging planets can have on the structure and evolution of a protoplanetary disk.
Later Stages of Planet Formation
In 2004, observations revealed that rocky planets form within dense circumstellar disks of dust and gas surrounding young stars. Within these protoplanetary disks, microscopic dust grains collide and adhere through processes such as coagulation and accretion, gradually building larger planetesimals. Occasionally, growing bodies collide catastrophically, producing fragments that remain within the disk. Over time, this material can organize into extended, doughnut-shaped structures, with gaps and clearings potentially sculpted by the gravitational influence of forming planets.
As planetary formation progresses, the initially massive and opaque disks dissipate, leaving behind a more tenuous and stable debris disk. Such structures are analogous to the Kuiper Belt in our own solar system, populated with comets and leftover planetesimals. According to NASA, “Spitzer has established the first direct observational link between planets and circumstellar disks,” providing key evidence for the processes that govern planetary system formation.
Inspired Words Witten without Scientific Knowledge
Divine Truth
When Moses penned the first few verses of the book of Genesis he had no space telescope data or astronomy history to guide him to record what he wrote. Yet what he wrote in a few simple statements corresponds exactly to what the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes discovered 3500 years latter in 2004 on how planets like earth form.
These simples statements are external evidence of the Bible's Divine origin as God moved Moses to record his words in detail that Moses could not have possibly understood since he had no scientific knowledge of these facts. Only through Divine inspiration could Moses have wrote in simple detail the words that describe how planets are born from a formless, desolate state shrouded in darkness.
Only through Divine inspiration could he have recorded that this period of dense darkness would be followed by light. The scientific facts provided by the discoveries of the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes externally confirm the Bible's Divine authenticity. There is simply no other explanation of how Moses obtained this information on planet formation!
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, 2. Now the earth was formless and desolate, and there was darkness upon the surface of the watery deep, and God's active force was moving over the surface of the waters. 3. And God said: "Let there be light." Then there was light.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth
Scientist have Discovered that the Universe had a Beginning as Moses Stated
The theory of a Hot Big Bang is the most widely accepted hypothesis for the origin of the universe, but it still leaves many questions unanswered. How and why did the universe expand? What caused the galaxies to form? But, perhaps the most daunting question is: "What existed before the Big Bang?" 3500 years ago Moses told us at Genesis 1:1 who created the universe, but he left out the fine details. Since 1990 we have been getting the fine details through the lens of the Hubble telescope, and our understanding will get even clearer with the discoveries that are now being made by the James Web Telescope!
Hubble vs James Webb's Field of View
The Hubble Telescope has looked back to within 480 million years from the beginning of the universe. The James Webb Telescope is able to look back to 200 millions years from the beginning. In 34 years Hubble has filmed an explosive event as stars, quasars, super nova's, neutron stars and other phenomena came to life that transpired over nearly 14-billion years. That 34 years of filming time equates to 0.00000025% of 14-billion years which is compared to watching a movie speed up thousands of times its normal speed. What does that tell us about the big bang theory? Could it be that we are looking at this explosive event from a distorted point of view?
Was it One Bang or Multiple Bangs?
The Big Bang, was it really one big bang? Here is some food for thought. What would you see if you filmed a 14-minute fireworks display then play it back at normal speed? You would see a series of individual explosions, or bangs of light over a 14-minute time frame. However if you were to speed up the film thousands of times its normal speed you would only see a single bang in less than a second. The reality of it is that the explosive event was not a single explosion but a series of explosions over a 14-minute time frame, but because your view had been distorted by a condensed time frame it appeared as one big bang when it really wasn't.
When the Universe began how did an Explosions of Energy Result in Beautiful Design?
Intelligent Design Built in from the Start
As man explores the universe with the Hubble, James Webb and other telescopes, it becomes apparent that there is order in the design of the universe and evidence of a Grand Designer. But, when some look at the Big Bang theory, they may wonder, “How can you get orderly design out of an immense explosion of energy?” Have you ever been to a fireworks display? What did you see? You saw an explosion of raw energy in the form of gunpowder, yet it resulted in a beautiful organized display of color and design. Fireworks (devices) take many forms to produce the four primary effects: noise, light, smoke, and floating materials.
Fireworks were originally invented by the Chinese for entertainment purposes. This was a natural extension of the Chinese invention of gunpowder. In China, they were first made by fireworks masters who were well-respected for their knowledge of the many complex techniques used to create truly dazzling fireworks displays. Yes, complex techniques required by skilled craftsmen are necessary to create the right effects, not just some gunpowder packed into a rocket and exploded. For example, pyrotechnic compounds are required to produce specific colors and effects such as the Peony, Chrysanthemum, Dahlia, Roman Candle, Palm, Horsetail, Spider, Fish, and many others.
Fireworks are a Controlled Explosion of Design
If the beginning of the universe began with a big bang of energy, as the theory suggests, it was not a disorganized explosion like a keg of gun powder exploding on a universal scale. Hubble and Spitzer, and now the James Webb Telescopes now reveal that there is order in the universe, although it appears it emanated from an explosive beginning, much like a beautiful exploding fireworks display. It appears to have been controlled and organized by technical and creative design.
We are now witnessing, for the first time in human history, as a result of high-powered space telescopes, an explosive display of beautiful design that gives astronomers the same thrill they must have received when they witnessed their first fireworks display as a child. No, we do not fully understand how the universe came about any more than a child fully knows the inner workings of fireworks. When we see the images delivered to us from space and the variety of galaxies, stars, nebula, quasars, neutron stars, black holes, supernovas, and other cosmic effects, we can only imagine that these creative displays of energy were conceived and prepared by a Superior Craftsman and not just some random event. Our understanding of the universe will only get clearer over time with the James Web Telescope and other technical advancements by man.
The Universe is expanding exponentially, will it expand forever?
Our expanding Universe
The American astronomer Edwin Hubble made the observations in 1925, proving that there is a direct relationship between the speeds of distant galaxies and their distances from Earth. The observation that galaxies are moving away from the Earth at speeds proportional to their distance has traditionally been known as Hubble’s Law.
The universe encompasses everything in existence, from the smallest atom to the largest galaxy; since forming some 13.7 billion years ago, it has been expanding exponentially and may be infinite in its scope. The part of the universe of which we have knowledge is called the observable universe, the region around Earth from which light has had time to reach us. Until recently, cosmologists (the scientists who study the universe) assumed that the rate of the universe’s expansion was slowing because of the effects of gravity. However, current research indicates that the universe may expand to eternity.
What can we Learn from Nature
What can we learn from nature? Does not nature show that growth and expansion are a constant? For example what would happen if you took a hand full of a number of species of tree seeds and cast them out onto the soil in a field of 1000 acres? In 10 years there would be a number of trees of each species because the trees had reproduced making more trees. In 20 years you would have many times more than double the amount of trees of each species. In a hundred years you would have many acres of trees because each year they expand exponentially.
In a few hundred years you would have a forest that could surpass the 1000 acres and would continue to expand that way indefinably as long as there was soil and nutrients to feed from. Now think of the universe in terms of that forest that started from a point of singularity. Imagine the trees represent galaxies and the seeds it produces as stars, dark matter as the soil, and dark energy as the nutrients in the soil. Doesn't it stand to reason that as long as there is dark mater and energy to fuel the stars, the universe would expand exponentially indefinably, only time will tell.
The Big Question many Scientist are asking, is what Existed Before the Big Bang?
More Stars then Grains of Sand on Earth
Scientist have estimate that there are more stars in the universe then grains of sand on the earth. The core temperature of our sun is 27-million degrees. It has been estimated that the temperature of the mass of condensed energy at the beginning of the universe was 100-nonillion degrees.
Energy Source behind the Universe Supernatural
The Hubble Deep Field, an extremely long exposure of a relatively empty part of the sky, provided evidence that there are about 125 billion galaxies made up of billions of stars each in the observable universe. 100-nonillion is 1800-billion, billion, billion degrees. The only word in the human language to describe that kind of energy is Supernational.