The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment at CERN, in Switzerland, has attracted much attention. Scientists there hope that by smashing subatomic particles at high speeds, they can recreate the environment of the so-called dawn of time. One of the particles they’re looking for is the Higgs boson, popularly known as the “God particle.” It has never been seen, but is theorized to exist in order to explain why matter has mass, and therefore, why the universe as we know it can exist.
Physicists and mathematicians have been searching for hundreds of years for an answer as to how the universe came to be. Some would agree that there is a divine order, or law, operating unseen that orders the workings of the universe.
The greatest scientist of all time, Christ Jesus—the man most of the world considers strictly a religious figure—understood this law to be a spiritual one. Resorting to it time and time again, he smashed right through accepted physical laws and revealed reality—the divine laws governing God’s universe and His creation. For instance, after Jesus spent one evening in prayer, he transcended the law of gravity and matter by walking on the stormy sea. The Gospel of Matthew describes it this way: “He went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea” (14:23–25).
