With respect to what created the universe, the question what came before that doesn't have a satisfactory answer as it leads to an infinite regression of what came before that.
So the only solution to the first cause conundrum of what came before that is "no thing" because only a "no thing" can...
cosmic background radiation
energy
first law of thermodynamics
friedmann's solutions to einstein's field equation
matter
quantum mechanics
red shift
second law of thermodynamics
spaceandtime
universe
Does the creation of space and time qualify as a miracle?
Approximately 14 billion years ago all of the matter and energy in the universe popped into existence out of nothing and occupied the space of 1 billionth of 1 trillionth the size of a single atom and then began to expand and cool.
Before space and time were created the laws of nature were already in place. The potential for all realities existed before space and time existed because those laws of nature were in place before space and time. Everything which has unfolded since space and time were created occurred because...