THE GOSPEL IN HISTORY AND SCIENCE — NIKOLA TESLA
Nikola Tesla stands in history as a man who listened—to currents unseen, to forces humming beneath the surface of the ordinary world. He believed the universe was ordered, intelligible, and alive with meaning; that what is invisible governs what is visible. In this, he unknowingly referenced the Gospel’s first confession—that “the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible” (Hebrews 11:3). Every coil and current he studied bore witness to a deeper truth: creation is not chaos, but a word spoken and sustained by God.
Tesla’s fascination with light and energy draws the Christian heart to a greater illumination. Electricity races through wires with power and purpose, yet it is not seen—only its effects are known. So it is with Christ, the true Light, “who gives light to every man coming into the world” (John 1:9). Science names the mechanisms; the Gospel names the meaning. Where Tesla sought to harness light, Christ is Light—entering history, overcoming darkness, and revealing the Father (John 1:4-5).
History reminds us that Tesla was brilliant, misunderstood, often lonely—a man ahead of his time, bearing costs others could not yet comprehend. The Gospel, too, moves ahead of human approval. “The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing,” Paul wrote, “but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Corinthians 1:18). Progress, whether scientific or spiritual, often walks through rejection before it reshapes the world.
Tesla dreamed of energy freely given, blessing humanity without chains or tolls. The Christian hears in this a faint sound of grace—undeserved, abundant, and offered without price. “Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters…without money and without price” (Isaiah 55:1). What science hints at in generosity, the Gospel fulfills in redemption. Christ gives not power to light a city, but life to raise the dead heart.
Thus history and science bow, knowingly or not, before the Gospel. Tesla’s discoveries testify that creation is coherent, trustworthy, and governed by laws that invite wonder. The Bible tells us why: “All things were created through Him and for Him” (Colossians 1:16).
The Christian need not fear science; we inherit it. Every equation, every spark, every breakthrough is another syllable in a universe still speaking the name of its Maker.
BDD
