The Philosophical Proof of Hashem's Existence

Does every material have an end? Because physical matter is supposed to be limited, and this applies not just to space but also to time, meaning a day will come when it will disappear from the world, suggesting it has a beginning (because it has an end)

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Every material must have a beginning. Material is limited, and therefore it has a limiter who began it.

This means that material does not exist by itself, but thanks to the Creator who decided to make it exist and continues to sustain it every moment.

Therefore, every material must have a beginning, but material does not necessarily have to have an end - because the limiter who created it can continue to sustain it forever.

In this way, Hashem will continue to sustain the souls and the world to come forever, and they will continue to exist eternally because Hashem desires their existence always. The divine will is eternal, and only because of it can we continue to exist endlessly.

Here it's worth detailing the philosophical proof of Hashem's existence, stemming from this stable logic:

Everything about which we can ask "why is it this way and not another?" indicates that it is limited by another force that set its boundaries. Without the limiter, the thing would not remain limited. Every limitation is essentially a possibility realized by a limiter out of many possibilities (imagine, for example, a glass full of water. The glass gives shape to the water, and without the glass limiting the water, the water would spill everywhere and lose its form). So we ask, why is our universe limited to a certain amount of matter and energy, to a very specific behavior of matter, as even space and time are limited? These questions necessitate the conclusion that there is a limiter that preceded them and determined their shape and boundaries. But if the entire universe is limited, then the question arises, what is the true reality that stands behind every other reality?

Therefore, the only reality that doesn't need a reason or a limiter can only be a reality that has no boundaries at all: one who is not material and is not dependent on space, meaning infinite; and has no division or separation limiting it, therefore, it is an absolute one; and is not dependent on time and change, meaning it is eternal without beginning or end, therefore existing everywhere and every time; and is not limited in intelligence and knowledge, meaning knows all and is present everywhere, and in a word: Hashem. Since Hashem is not limited to any characteristic or limitation, we cannot ask about Him "why is He this way and not another way".

Hashem is, therefore, the only reality that must exist in every situation and behind every possible reality. From here arises the greatest philosophical proof that Hashem is the infinite, the root of reality and the cause of all causes, and is the true existence that sustains us.

As summarized by the Rambam in the Laws of the Foundations of the Torah (Chapter 1): "The foundation of foundations and the pillar of wisdoms is to know that there is a First Being. And He brought into existence all that is existent; and all that exists from heaven and earth and what is between them do not exist except from the truth of His existence... He alone is truth, and there is no other truth like His truth. And it is what the Torah says "There is none else besides Him," meaning there is no true existence besides Him like Him."

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Yours sincerely,

Daniel Bels