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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1)
Approximately 13.8 billion years ago
The consensus of science is that there was a beginning to the universe about 13.8 billion years ago, which was also the beginning of space and time. But to try to understand what “happened” before time began is of course difficult to do. Any theories become more philosophy than true science.
The most logical explanation for this complex universe that had a beginning is that there must have been a Creator with intelligence that is far beyond what we can imagine. This would be a Creator that transcends or is beyond even space and time. The description from Genesis that was written over 3,000 years ago is consistent with this explanation of a beginning that we have from modern science.