Although names like Tyrannosaurus, Stegosaurus, or Brontosaurus are not contained in the Bible, doesn’t mean God’s Word does not mention them. It is an undisputed fact that dinosaurs once roamed this planet. For almost 200 years scientists have been unearthing, reconstructing, and studying their fossils. The question is, where did they come from? The answer is found in the book of Genesis, chapter one. Here, we are told that God created everything from the heavens to the earth and everything on it; including all land animals.
“Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind” and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind.” Genesis 1:24-25.
Since God created every living thing, and dinosaurs were once living; it is proper to conclude that God created them as well. Moreover we should not expect to find the term “dinosaur” in the Bible since it was not coined until 1841. Nevertheless, Genesis 1:21 tells us that God created “the great creatures of the sea,” Job 41:1-34, Psalm 73:13-14 and Isaiah 27:1 speak about a sea creature called Leviathan, Job 40:15-24 tells of a land dwelling animal called Behemoth, and Isaiah 30:6 mentions a “flying serpent” (NASB). The descriptions found in each text sound nothing like a current animal, rather they all carry dinosaur like qualities.
Dinosaurs are mentioned in the Bible, just not with the words or pictures we associate with them. Why doesn’t the Bible say more? Because the purpose of the Bible was not to describe in great detail everything God created, rather it was to reveal God’s redemptive plan of Salvation found in Jesus Christ.
For more information concerning dinosaurs and the Bible please visit “Answers In Genesis” at the link below, or look for “The New Answers Book” edited by Ken Ham.
