This would be that point prior to as you said «At any point in the cycle of nothingness of eternity, something will happen to change it into something to initiate time». (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
In a Christian book of the second century, the Shepherd of Hermas, the first commandment is rendered: «First of all believe that God is one, who created and formed all things, who called everything from nothingness into existence, who, Himself incomprehensible, comprehends all in Himself.» (religion-online.org)
«Most writers on nihilism have placed the experience of nothingness in opposition to the values of culture, as though that experience were a threat to it. (firstthings.com)