The End of the Sixth Day by Zachary W. Speegle

What if the oldest questions of faith and the newest theories of physics are describing the same reality? In The End of the Sixth Day, Zachary W. Speegle takes the idea that has captivated Silicon Valley founders and quantum physicists alike, that our universe may be a kind of simulation, and follows it all the way home to the God of Genesis. Drawing on digital physics, consciousness studies, and simulation theory alongside Scripture and classical theology, he makes a striking case: a created, information-based reality is not a threat to belief. It may be its clearest confirmation. But this is more than a thought experiment. Written during a long recovery from two spinal fusions, when the questions of suffering, meaning, and reality stopped being abstract, the book moves from theory to practice. If reality is coded with intention, how are we meant to live inside it? Speegle turns to the operating instructions hidden in plain sight. Part apologetic, part field guide, The End of the Sixth Day speaks to skeptic and believer alike - to anyone who has looked at the code of the cosmos and wondered whether Someone wrote it. Zachary W. Speegle is a retired Navy Chaplain and former enlisted Marine who served with combat units until spinal injuries ended his career in 2017. He holds an MBA and a Master of Divinity.