It is the incredible expanse that leads to the difficulties in reconciling the astronomical distances with time as we know it here on the earth. The Laws of Thermodynamics The 1 st Law, the Law of Conservation of matter and energy, is alluded to in Scripture. It is the 2 nd Law, the Law of Entropy, which is especially profound since it, among other things, establishes the direction of time. It also appears to pervade the Scriptures. It is also evidence that the universe had a definite beginning.
Heat always flows from hot bodies to cold bodies.
If the universe was infinitely old, the temperature throughout the universe would be uniform. It had a beginning. And it is destined for an ending. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.