In the Beginning was Information

16 A Biblical Analogy of the FourFundamental Entities, Mass, Energy,Information, and WillThe four basic quantities in creation: These four entities, namelymass (or matter), energy, information, and volition, were discussedin paragraph 3.3. The latter two were described as being nonmaterial.Both material quantities, mass and energy, are subject to conservationlaws, being linked by the equivalence formula E = m x c 2 .This means that they cannot be created by any natural process neithercan they be destroyed. Does this now mean that mass andenergy are by nature eternal? No, it should be noted that none ofthe natural laws has existed for ever, neither will any of themalways be valid in the future. They were created together witheverything else (see Theorem N10b in paragraph 2.3) and performtheir wisely allocated functions only since creation week. “Bythe seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing”(Genesis 2:2).The question about the origin of matter and the energies weobserve in action is already answered in the first verse of the Bible:God created them! Everything came into being through his inconceivablepower (Jeremiah 10:12, and Romans 1:20). The activePerson at creation was Jesus, “through Whom He made the universe”(Hebrews 1:2). Jesus is also the Sustainer of the entire creation,“sustaining all things by his powerful word” (Hebrews 1:3).His creative and his sustaining acts are not restricted to matter andenergy, but also hold for the information contained in biologicalsystems. We can now conclude (cf. John 1:1-3, Colossians 1:16,Hebrews 1:2):– Jesus is the Source of all energy,– Jesus is the Source of all matter, and– Jesus is the Source of all biological information.The totality of the information present in living organisms, designatedI, represents a value characterised by high quality as well asa large volume. In the beginning information was established162