The Bible’s Dinosaurs
5 May, 2008
Many people especially Christians wonder if the fossil existence of dinosaurs contradict with the accounts in the Bible. Where do dinosaurs fit in the biblical account of creation? Well, we may not know exactly the answer to these questions but there sure are mentions of strange animals in the Bible. And no, we are not talking about Barney.
In the King James Version, Job 39:9-12 speaks of a strange untamed creature called the “unicorn”, and it may not be the white graceful horse with a uni-horn on its head we all thought. While some version of the bible translations called it “wild-ox”, some proposed that the original Hebrew word re-em describes more of a type of rhinoceros-dinosaurs, maybe similar to triceratops.
In Job 40:15-24, another creature called the behemoth which has a tail like a cedar tree. Now cedar trees are huge and can grow up to over 40 meters with a trunk diameter of over 2 meters. Some scientist believed this creature is called brachiosaurus.
The description of leviathan monster that dwells in the deep seas in Job 41 and that they breathe fire. Hmmm… glad they are extinct, if they really are.
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Hmmm… I have never heard this speculation before, but it is interesting.
However, I have always thought that there is no conflict between the dinosaurs and the Bible. The Word says that, to God, a day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like a day. He could have created dinosaurs and they lived for a very long time before God ever created man. He may have wiped them out before His creation of man or they may have coexisted for a time… since it’s pretty unlikely that Noah got a dinosaur on the ark, I’d wager to guess they were long gone by then. But that’s just my unscientific opinion. =)
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation
Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Bookbinder.
This was a rather intressting blog to read. Since I have allways loved dinosaurs I have allways wandered where they fit in the biblical histories, so this was an very intressting reading. But huma coexisting with the dinosaurs, nah I do not think so.
Good blog. I believe that Behemoth, Unicorn, Leviathan, and dragons as named in the King James Bible very easily describe what we call dinosaurs. They were made by God on day 6, same as He made man.
Two of each kind of dinosaur went on the ark. They would have been younger, perhaps “teens” (the younger ones were smaller).
There is a great deal of evidence that indicates that man and dinosaurs have coexisted. Only when a person accepts the fallacious religious mantras of Evolutionism does it sound outlandish.
The Bible is true, for it is the Word of the living God. We can stand upon its words and declare the gospel of salvation so that others may hear and turn to Jesus Christ for deliverance from the punishment in Hell we deserve for our sin.
For info on this you can look up http://www.answersingenesis.org and http://www.drdino.com