In 1917 he hypothesized a loophole to the theory of general relativity in order to escape such a conclusion. He hypothesized a new force of physics that would perfectly cancel out the deceleration and expansion factors of the theory of general relativity. His patch job did not hold up. Astronomer Edwin Hubble in 1929 proved from his measurements on forty different galaxies that the galaxies indeed are expanding away from one another. Moreover, he demonstrated that expansion was in the same manner predicted by Einstein's original formulation of general relativity.
Genesis teaches a point at which time began.
Mathematics affirms a beginning. Philosophy's kalaam argument affirms a beginning. The science of astronomy affirms a beginning. The Bible affirms a beginning. There was a beginning, and God was there.