How Do We Know God Exists? Proof from Creation and the Torah

There is a popular saying: “What you can’t see doesn’t exist.”  However, we all knkow that countless things exist in our world even though we cannot see them directly, such as radio waves, radiation, and more. Still, as human beings, we often feel the need to see or understand things tangibly in order to accept them. We live in a physical world, ruled by senses, where people often insist that “seeing is believing.” And yet, the spiritual dimension cannot be measured, seen, or touched. How can we know with certainty that there is a spiritual reality in creation and a Divine Presence guiding and sustaining the world?

We cannot see spiritual beings like angels or seraphim as long as we are bound by the limits of the physical. And of course, God Himself cannot be seen, as it is written: “No man can see Me and live” (Shemot 33:20). However, there are two clear ways through which we can recognize the reality of the Creator.

1. Looking at the Wonders of Creation

All of nature testifies to a Creator. Consider the countless stars scattered across galaxies; the vast oceans, deserts, forests, and mysterious landscapes, the diversity of unique animals, and the beauty of sunrise and sunset. The human body itself remains one of the greatest mysteries of science where trillions of cells are working in harmony, biological processes are taking place that are still not fully understood, and above all, the miracle of new life — a living, feeling person beginning from a single drop.

Is it possible that this came into being by random chance, without design? Could a masterpiece of such complexity and beauty emerge by accident? Creation itself testifies that it was fashioned by an intelligent hand. As Iyov (Job) said: “From my flesh I behold God” (Iyov 19:26).

Even the balance of nature shows design: the precise distance of Earth from the sun allows water to exist in liquid form — not all vapor, not all ice. Any closer and Earth would burn, or any farther and we would freeze. Consider the oxygen level in our atmosphere: too high, and a single match would ignite the planet; too low, and we could barely breathe. Does this not indicate a deliberate Creator?

2. The Torah as Proof of the Divine

There are strong rational and tangible reasons to believe that the Torah could not have been written by human hands, but was given by God Himself. The Torah contains astonishing wonders including hidden codes that allude to world events, mathematical structures, descriptions of animals across the globe that no human at the time could have known, and promises and prophecies — any one of which, if proven false, would undermine belief. And yet, each has been fulfilled.

There is also the logical proof of Sinai. The Torah itself records a national revelation witnessed by the entire people of Israel, a claim unmatched in history. Additionally, discoveries from science continue to align with insights preserved in the Torah.

Faith Is Not Blindness

God does not demand blind faith. Instead, He calls us to pursue knowledge until we reach certainty: “You shall know today and take it to your heart that the Lord, He is God” (Devarim 4:39).