What If God Created the Big Bang?

Cinematic illustration of the Big Bang and the origin of the universe with a brilliant burst of light expanding into space, galaxies, and cosmic structures

Could the moment God said “Let there be light” have been the beginning of the universe itself?

The Big Bang theory explains how the universe evolved from an early hot, dense state. But where did that state come from? What if the Big Bang was not an alternative to creation, but the mechanism through which creation began?