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Why Aren"t Dinosaurs Mentioned in the Bible?
Here are some references from the Bible, most of which refer to dinosaurs. The word "Dinosaur" was not invented until 1841 so we won't find it in the Bible. Dragons, dragon and Behemoth all refer to dinosaurs. Note the specific description of Behemoth. Leviathan is probably an extinct sea creature such as a KRONOSAURUS or LIOPLEURODON.
References to Dragons (probably Dinosaurs).
Deuteronomy 32:33 their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Job 30:29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
Psalms 44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Psalms 74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Psalms 148:7 ¶ Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
Isaiah 13:22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isaiah 34:13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
Isaiah 35:7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Isaiah 43:20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
Jeremiah 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah 10:22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
Jeremiah 14:6 And the wild did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
Jeremiah 49:33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
Jeremiah 51:37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
Micah 1:8 ¶ Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and : I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
Malachi 1:3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
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References to Dragon (probably Dinosaurs) I have excluded all the references in the Revelation since it refers Satan.
Nehemiah 2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
Psalms 91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Isaiah 27:1 ¶ In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Isaiah 51:9 ¶ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Jeremiah 51:34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
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References to Behemoth (probably a four legged Dinosaur)
Job 40:15-24 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. (or Will any take him in his sight, or, bore his nose with a gin?}
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References to Leviathan. (Leviathan is probably an extinct sea creature such as a KRONOSAURUS or LIOPLEURODON.)
Job 41:1-10 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
Psalms 74:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Psalms 104:26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Isaiah 27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
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Then what about the dinosaurs? In light of what we read in Genesis, what is the real sequence of events regarding these creatures? If God created dinosaurs, why aren't they mentioned in the Bible? Was man on earth at the same time as the dinosaurs?
Many people don't realize that paleontology (the study of past geological ages based primarily on the study of fossils) is a relatively new science. In fact, the concept of "dinosaurs" only surfaced in its present form less than 180 years ago. Prior to that, anyone who found a large fossilized bone assumed it came from an elephant, dragon or giant. It wasn't until 1841 that English scientist Richard Owens suggested that the group of "newly discovered" animals be called "dinosaurs" (meaning, "terrible lizards"). Therefore, we shouldn't expect to see dinosaurs in the Bible, but we should expect to see descriptions of "dragons" and other large creatures. In fact, we do!
A search for the word "dragon" in the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible produces 34 separate matches across 10 different books written between approximately 2000 BC and 90 AD. The word "dragon" ( Hebrew: tannin) is used throughout the Old Testament, and most directly translates as "sea or land monsters." Interestingly, Genesis 1:21 describes God's creation of sea dragons (tannin) on the 5th day. Today's Bible translations use the following terms instead: "great whales" (KJV), "the great creatures of the sea" (NIV), "the great sea monsters" (NASB), and "great sea creatures" (NLT, NKJV). However, the original Hebrew is more descriptive of the sea-going dinosaurs we now see in numerous museums throughout the world. Even more dramatic is the Book of Job, where the author describes the great land creature, Behemoth (Job 40), and the great water creature, Leviathan (Job 41). Although the latest Bible translations use the words elephant, hippo or crocodile instead of Behemoth and Leviathan, the original Hebrew and the context of the descriptions do not allow for these interpretations.
Descriptions of dinosaur-like creatures are nearly universal throughout the world's ancient cultures. Where did this global concept originate? How did societies throughout the world describe, record, draw, etch, sew and carve such creatures in such uniformity, if they did not witness these creatures during their lifetimes? Of course, these accounts are by no means limited to the Bible. Dragon accounts from China, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America share similar accounts of dinosaur-like beasts. Records of Marco Polo in China show that the royal house kept dragons for ceremonies, and records of the Greek historian Herodotus and the Jewish historian Josephus describe flying reptiles in ancient Egypt and Arabia. In many cultures it was a great honor to kill these creatures. There are numerous records of warriors killing great beasts in order to establish credibility in a village. Gilgamesh, Fafnir, Beowulf and other famous legends, including the mythology of Egypt, Greece and Rome, provide specific descriptions of dragons and other dinosaur-like creatures.
Dinosaurs are depicted on numerous objects of ancient art throughout the world. Dinosaur-like creatures are featured on Babylonian landmarks, Roman mosaics, Asian pottery and royal robes, Egyptian burial shrouds and government seals, Peruvian burial stones and tapestries, Mayan sculptures, Aboriginal and Native American petroglyphs (carved rock drawings), and many other pieces of ceremonial art throughout ancient cultures. If dinosaurs supposedly went extinct at least 50 million years ago, how did ancient man of the last few thousand years precisely and uniformly depict them? The Bible is clear -- sea creatures were created by God on Day 5 and land creatures were created by God on Day 6. These creatures included dinosaurs, which co-existed with man until they died off for various reasons, including most dramatically, the worldwide flood of Noah.
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I for one do not believe man and dinasours existed together and it makes no difference in our salvation how we interpret it. And if they did, it was only the tailend of thier existence.My theory is God created them inhis 6 days of creation. I also don't subscribe to the idea that the Earth is only 6-10K years old. I believe it to be much much older than that. I believe God made time for our benefit, not his own, thierfore, mere humans cannot calculate when he created the earth or dinasours and their are many mysteries that are beyond our comprehension. I beleive God created the Earth in his 6 days, maybe not our 24 hour days as we think of it.Maybe for us tonot understand. Could he have made theearth and all in 6 human days? Sure.Did he, I don't think so. But none of this shakes my faith, and Iam comfortable in my thinking. I have a feeling Peter was leading to this when he said a day to God could be 1000 years, and vise versa. One might ask, why did God create the dinasours, just to destroy them? Could be many reasons. One that comes to mind is in God's great and awesome scheme, he knew about our future, and to make oil. Therefore, without oil, his wonderful plan would not come together as it is. But thats just one theory of mine.
Got into this big debate with a forum member about this recently. And decided its not up for debate by me. So take it for what its worth.
Just got done hearing Gensis again for a refresher. People like to say it was 24 hour periods. But a 24 hour period is regulated by the sun and spin of the earth. He clearly didn't make those until the 4th day. So clearly there was something else that made light, and clearly time was given to us by God. Also, my bible says he made the animals before man. Just something else to think about.
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RE: What about the dinosaurs?
Im in the science field and a devote Christian. All I can say is, What is time? Time is a relative term. Time on Earth is different than time on the moon or other planets. We base things on time as established on Earth. Genesis talks about the Earths creation in 6 days. What days are those. The Earth had not been created, so what span of time does this six days cover? I equate the diansours to being part of the creation of the Earth in preperation for man. God created a dynamic Earth, it would be crazy to think he didnt provide abilities for the organisms to change with the Earth. Dinasours were simply the first steps. The six days are figurative as are many things in the Bible.
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Unintended consequences and God have one thing in common: Liberals dont believe in either of them.
I for one and somewhat partial to the "gap theory". I think it can account for alot of the fossil record and geology of the earth.
Like it was stated above, whatever you believe really has no bearing on your salvation.
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In the original text the 6 days are literal, 24 hour days. Consider that they are divided, day and night. If they were not literal days, then what would be the effects of thousands of years of day, followed by thousands of years of night? In short, I believe God did what He said He did, and I don't need man to confirm that for me.
We've been looking at this in class, and something came up that I hadn't thought about before. Back then, humans lived hundreds of years--so why wouldn't animals live longer also? Reptiles continue to grow until they die, and even today we have some that could be considered "dinosaurs"--Komodo dragons, crocodiles, alligators, sea turtles, etc. Consider what size the animals could reach if their life-span was 5-10 times what it is now.
I'm not convinced that what we see in museums or on tv are accurate--I think most skeletons are made up based on a few bones or bone fragments? I remember not too long ago there was news of a "new" discovery--some pieces of foot bone were discovered, and some imaginative geologist made a model of what this animal looked like from those few pieces--looked like a chickenasaurus to me.
It reminds me of a verse--can't recall where it is from at the moment--but it reads along the lines of "the wisdom of man is but foolishness to God".
Chad
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In Genesis it says that God made Adam and then made animals because He wanted something comparible to Adam so that He would not be alone. Adam was the one who named every animal. As far as the dinosaurs I'm not exactly sure when the word dinosaur came about be we know the "creatures" had sneezes of lightening because their teeth were like flints and there was gas in their stomachs. I went to a youth weekend at our church about 6 years back so the details are a bit rusty but it is believed that Noah took baby animals on the ark and not full grown ones, and that after the flood the life expectancy went considerably down. It is said that the dinosaur bones that were found had spiral fractures in them and the only way that happens is from extreme force. So I believe that dinosaurs walked the earth along with humans and that they died in the flood along with the other animals except for 2 and then with the life expectancy their size wasn't as big. A lot of this is theory on my part with the exception of the bible clearly stating animals were created after Adam but before Eve. The bible doesn't talk about a lot of animals though, Satan just prefers dinosaurs because there is not a lot of info on them that is concrete.
Why is that subject not mentioned in the bible? Someone who was a nonchristian asked me that and I really didnt have a good answer for that question.
The reason dinosaurs are not mentioned in the Bible is very simple.The authors of the Biblehad no idea that they had ever existed since dinosaurs had alreadybeen extinct for 65 million years before the Bible was written.
The Bible also states that Leviathan breathed fire. There is no reason to believe that dinosaurs, or any other animals, have ever had this ability. Attempts to construe the various fantastic animals mentioned in the Bible, such as dragons, as dinosaurs is simply a modern young earth creationist effort to rescue a creationmyth that has been debunked by modern paleontology.
The idea that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time is what I call the Fred Flinstone theory of pre-history.
What about the dinosaurs?
