With Dinosaur bones being so prevalent in the fossil record and so massive, why are they unmentioned in the Bible? After all God did say He created all animals on the 6th day as well as man. We see animals mentioned quite often and man mentioned constantly, but yet dinosaurs don't seem to appear anywhere in the Biblical narrative.
Actually this is incorrect. Animals are not mentioned often at all. Rather we find animals named specifically in only 1 or 2 books of the Bible. The largest mention of animals is in the latter part of the book of Job, where God details a multitude of animals and their characteristics and abilities. Among them and usually glossed over is behemoth and leviathan.
Behemoth
Actually this is incorrect. Animals are not mentioned often at all. Rather we find animals named specifically in only 1 or 2 books of the Bible. The largest mention of animals is in the latter part of the book of Job, where God details a multitude of animals and their characteristics and abilities. Among them and usually glossed over is behemoth and leviathan.
Behemoth
Job 40:15-24 (KJV)
15 Behold now behemoth,WHICH I MADE WITH THEE; he eateth grass as an ox. 16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. 17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. 18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. 19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. 21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. 22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. 23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. 24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. |
The Behemoth is obviously quite large and an herbivore. Based on these descriptions the behemoth lives in the rivers of the Jordan and acts very much like a water buffalo but requires several times the amount of food. It is not an elephant either as an elephant can be easily killed by humans and does no have "a tail like a cedar".
Proof that Mammals & Dinosaurs COEXISTED!!
According to evolution, mammals only evolved beyond mouse-size AFTER dinosaurs went extinct. The large mammals didn't evolve until millions of years AFTER the dinosaurs. Therefore large mammals are said to never have coexisted with dinosaurs, as they came AFTER dinosaurs went extinct.
However recent fossil finds have put even this theory of evolution to shame. Large Mammals not only existed at the same time as dinosaurs but even have DINED on dinosaurs BEFORE they went extinct. This was found in China. If evolution didn't get this timeline right, what else did they get wrong?
Shouldn't we believe the Bible that says dinosaurs were created at the same time mammals, like humans were? After all the scientific evidence proves it.
Ref: BBC: Fierce mammal ate dinos for lunch | Dinosaur Found in Mammal's Belly | Large mammals once dined on dinosaurs | Large Mesozoic mammals fed on young dinosaurs
Although THEY CAME INTO THEIR OWN ONLY AFTER THE EXTINCTION OF THE DINOSAURS some 65 million years ago, MAMMALS had maintained a low-profile existence for some 150 million years before that." --PBS evolution library
"it was ONLY AFTER THE DINOSAURS WENT KAPUT THAT MAMMALS WERE ABLE TO EVOLVE BEYOND THEIR TINY, MOUSELIKE FORMS into the widely specialized species that populate the world today." -- By Bob Strauss,Dinosaurs Expert, The Mammals
"New fossil finds from China are painting a different picture of the mammals that lived alongside the dinosaurs during the Mesozoic era" -- Scientific American, Jan 13,2005
"Mesozoic mammals were thought to have lived in the shadow of the dinosaurs. But the picture is quite different now " --Meng Jin, American Museum of Natural History
According to evolution, mammals only evolved beyond mouse-size AFTER dinosaurs went extinct. The large mammals didn't evolve until millions of years AFTER the dinosaurs. Therefore large mammals are said to never have coexisted with dinosaurs, as they came AFTER dinosaurs went extinct.
However recent fossil finds have put even this theory of evolution to shame. Large Mammals not only existed at the same time as dinosaurs but even have DINED on dinosaurs BEFORE they went extinct. This was found in China. If evolution didn't get this timeline right, what else did they get wrong?
Shouldn't we believe the Bible that says dinosaurs were created at the same time mammals, like humans were? After all the scientific evidence proves it.
Ref: BBC: Fierce mammal ate dinos for lunch | Dinosaur Found in Mammal's Belly | Large mammals once dined on dinosaurs | Large Mesozoic mammals fed on young dinosaurs
Although THEY CAME INTO THEIR OWN ONLY AFTER THE EXTINCTION OF THE DINOSAURS some 65 million years ago, MAMMALS had maintained a low-profile existence for some 150 million years before that." --PBS evolution library
"it was ONLY AFTER THE DINOSAURS WENT KAPUT THAT MAMMALS WERE ABLE TO EVOLVE BEYOND THEIR TINY, MOUSELIKE FORMS into the widely specialized species that populate the world today." -- By Bob Strauss,Dinosaurs Expert, The Mammals
"New fossil finds from China are painting a different picture of the mammals that lived alongside the dinosaurs during the Mesozoic era" -- Scientific American, Jan 13,2005
"Mesozoic mammals were thought to have lived in the shadow of the dinosaurs. But the picture is quite different now " --Meng Jin, American Museum of Natural History
Conclusion
Even though the term dinosaur, meaning terrible, powerful, wonderous lizards, was coined in 1842 by Richard Owen using the Greek word deinos, the Bible proves itself not only up to date but ahead of its time. Instead of a nebulous mention of these massive creatures that most would expect, we find the Bible delve into exquisite details about these dinosaurs and their characteristics. In fact the Bible goes out on the limb to say man coexisted with dinosaurs, that has been proven by the fossilized tracks of human and dinosaurs found in Texas.
This again proves the Bible is of divine origin, as it even possesses only recently discovered facts are in complete agreement with the Bible. Knowing that the Bible is proven accurate by even its information on dinosaurs, we know its reliable when it says we are all born in sin and can not do enough good in our lifetime to even out our bad. This means we need a saviour and God has already provided one for us, Jesus who is called the Christ some 2000 years ago. He died for the penalty of our sins which is death and rose again 3 days later to prove He alone was God. The Bible says if you simply believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and died and rose from the dead, that you would be saved from the wrath of God on all sins. Won't you do that today?
Even though the term dinosaur, meaning terrible, powerful, wonderous lizards, was coined in 1842 by Richard Owen using the Greek word deinos, the Bible proves itself not only up to date but ahead of its time. Instead of a nebulous mention of these massive creatures that most would expect, we find the Bible delve into exquisite details about these dinosaurs and their characteristics. In fact the Bible goes out on the limb to say man coexisted with dinosaurs, that has been proven by the fossilized tracks of human and dinosaurs found in Texas.
This again proves the Bible is of divine origin, as it even possesses only recently discovered facts are in complete agreement with the Bible. Knowing that the Bible is proven accurate by even its information on dinosaurs, we know its reliable when it says we are all born in sin and can not do enough good in our lifetime to even out our bad. This means we need a saviour and God has already provided one for us, Jesus who is called the Christ some 2000 years ago. He died for the penalty of our sins which is death and rose again 3 days later to prove He alone was God. The Bible says if you simply believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and died and rose from the dead, that you would be saved from the wrath of God on all sins. Won't you do that today?
Dear Lord God. I know I am a sinner and need your gift of salvation from my sins. I BELIEVE IN JESUS, the Son of God, as my personal Savior. I believe that His death on the cross and resurrection provides forgiveness for ALL my sins past, present, & future. Please forgive all my sins and come into my heart and life. I hereby trust in Jesus FINISHED WORK alone, and NOT upon me & my "good works", as sufficient to make me right with you and fit for Heaven. Please forgive ALL my sins and come into my heart, Lord Jesus. Seal me with your Holy Spirit until the day you come to take me home. In your Son Jesus’ name. Amen.
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