As I know, our world is finite in both in space and time.
But God is infinite. Is there any known reason why He created a single, finite world only once in the Eternity?
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Sign up to join this communityAs I know, our world is finite in both in space and time.
But God is infinite. Is there any known reason why He created a single, finite world only once in the Eternity?
Technically, we do not know that there are no other worlds in this universe nor do we know that this is the only universe that Hashem created. The Torah goes from the general to the specific. After the creation of the world, it shows the details of the descendants of Adam and Chava giving the details of the primary descendants of Kayin and Shes. Note that this ends in the details of Noach. After listing the descendants of Noach, the torah goes to Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov followed by the detailed history of Bnai Yisrael. From there, we go into the details of how the Bnai Yisrael are to behave and the significant parts of the journey to Eretz Yisrael.
For example, we are not told of what happened to the descendants of Noach that became the Chinese or any of the other nations that did not interact with Bnai Yisrael. The torah also does not tell us what became of the other children of Avraham that he sent away to the east.
This implies, that the torah would not talk about the inhabitants of other worlds and what they did or did not do.
I think the question is invalid. The Midrash (Bereishis Rabbah 1) says that Hashem created worlds before this one and wiped them out when nobody accepted the Torah in any of them.
The Midrash in Naso 16 says G-d desired a dwelling place in this world; that is why He created it.
G-d doesn't do things for no reason. If He had created another world, there had to be a reason for it.
Also, most importantly, there is the fact that we have the Torah, which is the only Divine truth and gives purpose to this world. If there were to be another world, it would be purposeless without a Torah. And the existence of another Torah means there would be another truth which makes no sense.
Now, there are other worlds, but not physical ones. It is explained all throughout the Zohar about the four spiritual worlds.
The Torah also says, "In the beginning G-d created," which means before that there was no creation that was physical-- that is, because this was the beginning of creation.
The Zohar says that G-d, His Torah, and the Jews are one. How can He create a separate existence from Him that has none of those? It just does not make any sense logically.
You will find statements that are misconstrued by those that believe the world is millions of years old. For example, 'Boneh Olimos Umacharivon', which means, He (i.e. G-d) built worlds and destroyed them. People explain that to mean that there were physical worlds, but then they were destroyed. However it is really understood to mean the spiritual worlds of Tohu and Tikun.
This is all sourced in kabbala; I just don't have time right now to find the exact sources. When I do, I will post them.