What was called the trap question is answered by the concept of Mechuyav Metzius. Matter begins somewhere and is set in motion by a beginning. The core, conscious essential existence doesn’t have these requirements.
This is the concept that the Rambam, Chovas Halevavos, and philosophers’ arguments are based on.
The Abravanel points out that the Nissim of the Torah are the best proof. The Torah seems to imply the same.