Dinosaurs and the Bible

[LovingAvalanche]

We have proof that dinosaurs existed. I haven't read the whole bible, but as far as I know, I haven't heard of anything in the bible about dinosaurs. It said something in the bible about angels having relations with humans and having giants, could these giants possibly be dinosaurs? Does it say anything in the bible about dinosaurs? I am very curious about this.

I read somewhere that on noah's ark, he had some dinosaurs. This totally abolishes the idea that dinosaurs were taken off this earth before we (human) arrived.

 

[tranquility]

Does the Bible speak of dinosaurs? Yes.
There isn't a doubt in my mind. In fact, I challenge anyone who reads this to deny it.

Two creatures are spoken of in the Bible that are, in my opinion, dinosaurs. The first such creature is the leviathan.
In the dictionary, a leviathan is defined as:

1. Something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship.
2. A very large animal, especially a whale.
3. A monstrous sea creature mentioned in the Bible.

Job 41:1-2: 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?
Psalms 104:26: There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

I know what you're thinking. The leviathan is a whale, right? Not at all. The Bible calls a leviathan a leviathan and a whale a
whale!

In the very first book of the Bible, God specifically speaks of whales, calling them by their name. As such, we know a whale is
a whale and a leviathan is a leviathan!

Genesis 1:21: And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly,
after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

The second creature the Bible describes which is a dinosaur is the behemoth. Behemoth is defined in the dictionary as:

1. Something enormous in size or power.
2. often Behemoth. A huge animal, possibly the hippopotamus, described in the Bible.

A behemoth is no more a hippopotamus than a whale is a leviathan! Neither is the behemoth an elephant. The behemoth
described in the Bible is a dinosaur.

Job 40:15-18: 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.
The behemoth of the Bible isn't an elephant and he isn't a hippopotamus. How do we know that? Look up a picture of an
elephant and look at his tail. Is his tail like a cedar? Nope. How about the tail of a hippopotamus?
Is it like a cedar? Nope.
What gigantic creature's tail is like a cedar? Do I even need to say it?

Does God make any mention of what became of the dinosaurs? I think so. Consider the following Scripture which is a
continuation of the Scripture that describes the behemoth.

Job 40:19: He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
God made the dinosaurs to demonstrate to us the ways of God and the magnificence of His power, but He also demonstrated
to us through the dinosaurs that the things God created He can likewise exercise control of, even to the point of destruction.
The God who made the most powerful beasts of all, the dinosaurs, made his sword to approach unto them. Unlike sinful
mankind, the dinosaurs committed no sins. They lived their lives doing only what God made them to do. Although we don't
know why God's sword approached them, perhaps it was to remind us that we're never too big or powerful to lift ourselves
above God.

If Tyrannosaurus Rex couldn't stand against the sword of our God, what kind of chance do any of us comparatively weak
humans have to stand against the Most High God in disobedience?

It makes you think, doesn't it?

 

[Coright4Christ]

In my opinion the dinos were taken before the days of Adam. i heard an interesting idea in a sermon just yesterday on tv that makes you kinda wonder what happened to them. the pastor said that he believed that when God cast Lucifer down to the earth from heaven that that was the "object" that is believed to be the meteor that destroyed all things in the day of the dinos. im not saying i agree with him but its an interesting idea.

i do believe that all dinosaurs were long gone by the time of Adam, simply because if they were here with Adam then they would be here now. the time lines do not match.

There could not have been dinosaurs on the ark because it wouldnt have been large enough for them. There were no holes cut in the top of the ark for the brontosauruses. the average brontosaurus was 70 feet tall and the ark was only 62.5 feet tall.

I believe that the giants that the bible speaks of are actual men. The bible says they were men in Genesis 6:4. so i do not believe that they were dinosaurs either.

Thats just my ideas on the subject. plus could u imagine how many fish a T-Rex would eat in a day lol. It would have taken all 7 of Noahs family and himself all day everyday just to keep two of those things fed. thanks for the topic.

 

[rojoloco]

Here is a helpful site on this subject:

Dinosaurs and the Bible

 

[Johan]

The Behemoth described in the Bible could be nothing else than a dinosaur ... and the Bible is not the only source that describes dinosaurs. I wish I could post a link now, but there are lots of old stories about "dragons", describing different kinds of dinosaurs. How could these stories exist, if dinosaurs have been extinct for 65 million years? I mean, dinosaur fossils were found first during the 19th century ...

In my opinion the dinos were taken before the days of Adam. i heard an interesting idea in a sermon just yesterday on tv that makes you kinda wonder what happened to them. the pastor said that he believed that when God cast Lucifer down to the earth from heaven that that was the "object" that is believed to be the meteor that destroyed all things in the day of the dinos. im not saying i agree with him but its an interesting idea.

May sound interesting, but there's NO evidence for this idea, nothing in the Bible or anywhere else ...

i do believe that all dinosaurs were long gone by the time of Adam, simply because if they were here with Adam then they would be here now. the time lines do not match.

Adam lived about 6000 years ago, which was enough time for them to become extinct. Most of the dinosaurs died in the flood and the flood was over 4000 years ago. During the time after the flood the remaining dinosaurs became extinct ...

There could not have been dinosaurs on the ark because it wouldnt have been large enough for them. There were no holes cut in the top of the ark for the brontosauruses. the average brontosaurus was 70 feet tall and the ark was only 62.5 feet tall.

Where in the Bible does it say that the animals were fully grown? Scientists have calculated that all of the (about 16,000) animals would fit in less than half of the ark.

 

[TheDJ]

Does the Bible speak of dinosaurs? Yes. There isn't a doubt in my mind. In fact, I challenge anyone who reads this to deny it. Two creatures are spoken of in the Bible that are, in my opinion, dinosaurs. The first such creature is the leviathan. In the dictionary, a leviathan is defined as: 1. Something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship. 2. A very large animal, especially a whale. 3. A monstrous sea creature mentioned in the Bible. Job 41:1-2: 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? Psalms 104:26: There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

Hi Tranquility,

In my opinion as I look at Job 41 and the Leviathan, I really think this speaks of Satan. Satan is portrayed as a great dragon and an enemy to God and man. Lets take a look at the next few verses.

Verse 3: Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

Here we can see this is not just an animal, but that of the works of Satan. His best tool is to deceive and through his "soft words."

Verse 4: Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

Satan wants nothing other than man to follow him and make a covenant. He will promise power, money, fame etc.. He will do whatever it takes because as said he is the ultimate deceiver.

Verse 5: Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

I think many people today are "playing" around with Satan which we can see throughout the world with as much evil as we have.

Verse 6: Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

This shows we can't defeat Satan by our own strength, but we must depend on the Lord to fight and overcome this battle.

Verse 7: Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

This is saying we can't defeat Satan with normal weapons.

Verse 8: Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

The Lord is saying again we cannot defeat Satan by our own strength, but battle no more, because now Satan has been defeated by Jesus Christ and what he did on the cross.

Verse 9:

Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

No one can make deals with Satan, whoever tries will be "cast down."

As you can see, I really think these scriptures point to talking of Satan and not some animal.

As far as the behemoth in the previous chapter, that I believe is some kind of animal, whether it be a dinosaur, or whatever, but wanted to give my take on the Leviathan in chapter 41.

Take care and God Bless.

 

[tranquility]

Job 41
The Leviathan came out of the SEA where the ships were
Sure sounds like a dinosaur to me or a sea creature of some
magnitude
I don't think this describes Satan..


I even looked it up in my Bible Commentary and it said

OTHER PLACES IN THE BIBLE
Ps. 74:14, Ps. 104:26, Is. 27:1

Some mighty creature that can overwhelm man but is no match for God.
Since this creature lives in the sea among ships ( Ps. 104:26)
Some form of sea monster, possibley an ancient dinosaur, is in view.

Some feel it was a crocodile, which had scaly hide Job 41:15
terrible teeth Job 41:14
and speed in the water Job41:32
But crocodiles are not sea creatures, and clearly this one was
Job 41:31

Some thought this was a killer whale or a great white shark because he
is the ultimate killer beast over all other proud beasts Job 41:34

It could also be some sea-going dinosaur.

This is what my Commentary Bible said
But you decide what you believe

Many Blessing and Love to you and everyone else too!

God Bless.

 

[evstevemd]

While I agree that tranquility exgesis (if that is right word) is Biblical and I have no reason to doubt I don't agree with Coright4Christ in that Dinos were there before Adam, I mean no millions even billions of years. I think Johan have expressed it well.

I think those two tranquility mentioned match the characteristics that we know of Dinos. There have been a lot of speculations from evolutionists on Dinos

And about Leviatahn being the devil, it could be (I have not read that and I have to check) . Why do i think that? Because Genesis 3 we see the devil coming as serpent, but that doesn't demolish the fact that serpent existed as animals

I don't get it when Christians tries soo hard to comply with evolution religion. They end up making pseudo-christianity with no authority at all.

Let's be careful friends!

 

[Logos57]

Does the Bible speak of dinosaurs? Yes.
There isn't a doubt in my mind. In fact, I challenge anyone who reads this to deny it.

Two creatures are spoken of in the Bible that are, in my opinion, dinosaurs. The first such creature is the leviathan.
In the dictionary, a leviathan is defined as:

1. Something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship.
2. A very large animal, especially a whale.
3. A monstrous sea creature mentioned in the Bible.

Job 41:1-2: 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?
Psalms 104:26: There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

I know what you're thinking. The leviathan is a whale, right? Not at all. The Bible calls a leviathan a leviathan and a whale a
whale!

In the very first book of the Bible, God specifically speaks of whales, calling them by their name. As such, we know a whale is
a whale and a leviathan is a leviathan!

Genesis 1:21: And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly,
after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

The second creature the Bible describes which is a dinosaur is the behemoth. Behemoth is defined in the dictionary as:

1. Something enormous in size or power.
2. often Behemoth. A huge animal, possibly the hippopotamus, described in the Bible.

A behemoth is no more a hippopotamus than a whale is a leviathan! Neither is the behemoth an elephant. The behemoth
described in the Bible is a dinosaur.

Job 40:15-18: 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.
The behemoth of the Bible isn't an elephant and he isn't a hippopotamus. How do we know that? Look up a picture of an
elephant and look at his tail. Is his tail like a cedar? Nope. How about the tail of a hippopotamus?
Is it like a cedar? Nope.
What gigantic creature's tail is like a cedar? Do I even need to say it?

Does God make any mention of what became of the dinosaurs? I think so. Consider the following Scripture which is a
continuation of the Scripture that describes the behemoth.

Job 40:19: He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
God made the dinosaurs to demonstrate to us the ways of God and the magnificence of His power, but He also demonstrated
to us through the dinosaurs that the things God created He can likewise exercise control of, even to the point of destruction.
The God who made the most powerful beasts of all, the dinosaurs, made his sword to approach unto them. Unlike sinful
mankind, the dinosaurs committed no sins. They lived their lives doing only what God made them to do. Although we don't
know why God's sword approached them, perhaps it was to remind us that we're never too big or powerful to lift ourselves
above God.

If Tyrannosaurus Rex couldn't stand against the sword of our God, what kind of chance do any of us comparatively weak
humans have to stand against the Most High God in disobedience?

It makes you think, doesn't it?

Great Post, Tranquility. As Kenneth Hovind would say the word dragon is probably the same as dinosaur. As the Word dinosaur is a recently created word from I believe the 1800's. And the word dragon appears many times in the Bible here are just a few places:
Deuteronomy 32:33; Psalms 91:13; Isaiah 13:22; Jeremiah 9:11; Malachi 1:3; Revelation of course twice mention Satan as the dragon Revelation 13:2; 20:2.

 

[evstevemd]

Great Post, Tranquility. As Kenneth Hovind would say the word dragon is probably the same as dinosaur. As the Word dinosaur is a recently created word from I believe the 1800's. And the word dragon appears many times in the Bible here are just a few places:
Deuteronomy 32:33; Psalms 91:13; Isaiah 13:22; Jeremiah 9:11; Malachi 1:3; Revelation of course twice mention Satan as the dragon Revelation 13:2; 20:2.

Logos,
are you referring to kent Hovind?
I have seen some of his Clips and have a lot of points.
I wonder why he is locked out there. I pray God will release him with strength to say again "that is stupid!"..."who taught you tha?"..."and why did you believe it?"

I miss him!

 

[Logos57]

Yes Evstevemd, I referring to Kent Hovind. I think he is one of the greatest Christian minds around. But even great minds do stupid things, as I heard he was thrown in prison for tax evasion. He didn't believe he should have to pay taxes, because they are unconstitutional which might be true, but the Word does tell us to render to all their dues (Romans 13:7). I also miss him, before he went to prison he was up here in Minnesota and my brother and a friend went and saw his lecture.

 

[evstevemd]

Yes Evstevemd, I referring to Kent Hovind. I think he is one of the greatest Christian minds around. But even great minds do stupid things, as I heard he was thrown in prison for tax evasion. He didn't believe he should have to pay taxes, because they are unconstitutional which might be true, but the Word does tell us to render to all their dues (Romans 13:7). I also miss him, before he went to prison he was up here in Minnesota and my brother and a friend went and saw his lecture.

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