Note that all the stretching is in the past tense; whereas the present stretch is still going on. Inflation of the universe is intrinsic to the physics of universe creation and could very well be the work of god.

On the other hand perhaps god is taking credit for something that would happen anyway, in accordance with known physics. Then on the other hand, god mat have created the physics first, and then let it all roll out.

Anyway, thanks for the scripture quotes. I did not realize the jewish connection with inflation. Of course, the creation book of abraham from jewish mysticism goes back even earlier, outlining the creation of a 3-D universe from a 10-D one, due to the handiwork of god of course.

yanniru