Introduction. When Jesus as the Word was with God in the beginning, “without Him nothing was made that was made.” (Jn. 1:1-2). This is how the Holy Spirit sums up Genesis 1. Everything created then was made through Him. Hence, since the beginning, the power of electricity and the ability to harness it was made by Him. Since God, on the sixth day would command us to “fill the earth and subdue it,” and “have dominion,” He had directed the Word to create all things including electricity for us to subdue and take dominion over. When God created us “in His own image and likeness,” He not only made power, but also the elements necessary to harness it.
Yet from a historical perspective, man lived the entire period of recorded history since the flood without access to its power. While there is some evidence the Persian and Greek empires (600 BC) found the ability to use crude batteries and DC current, the history of harnessing AC current is very recent. Today, it seems amazing that man watched lightning strike the earth for thousands of years, yet did not take the next step to take dominion. Though power beyond comprehension was revealed every time lightning flashed in the sky, few considered if it had any practical applications. We should glorify and praise God for both the power of electricity and the blessings we receive from it.
Most historians date the first scientific inquiries into harnessing the power of lightning to sometime around 1600. We have heard of Benjamin Franklin (1752) with the kite and the key, but he was building on the research of others who lived before him. In the 1800's, Michael Faraday (1831) and Thomas Edison (1878) laid the foundation for the light bulb. After 1900, things picked up speed as one practical application after another was first imagined and then created. Everything electricity now does was built upon this foundation. But God made it possible! God created electricity! Technology should draw us nearer to God, as He created all these things for us to use.
Yet from a historical perspective, man lived the entire period of recorded history since the flood without access to its power. While there is some evidence the Persian and Greek empires (600 BC) found the ability to use crude batteries and DC current, the history of harnessing AC current is very recent. Today, it seems amazing that man watched lightning strike the earth for thousands of years, yet did not take the next step to take dominion. Though power beyond comprehension was revealed every time lightning flashed in the sky, few considered if it had any practical applications. We should glorify and praise God for both the power of electricity and the blessings we receive from it.
Most historians date the first scientific inquiries into harnessing the power of lightning to sometime around 1600. We have heard of Benjamin Franklin (1752) with the kite and the key, but he was building on the research of others who lived before him. In the 1800's, Michael Faraday (1831) and Thomas Edison (1878) laid the foundation for the light bulb. After 1900, things picked up speed as one practical application after another was first imagined and then created. Everything electricity now does was built upon this foundation. But God made it possible! God created electricity! Technology should draw us nearer to God, as He created all these things for us to use.