Question?
Did God create dinosaurs because its not in the bible. or where do they come from?
Answer.
Yes
God did create the Dinosaurs, and yes they are actually in the bible.
Remember Dinosaur is actually just a word that means Great or Giant
Lizard.
If
you read in Job, which is actually the oldest book in the bible. In Job
Chapters, 40 and 41 we read about the Leviathan and the Behemoth.
Listen to the descriptions of these animals,
(Job 40:15-24)
Now
behold Behemoth, which I made along with you; he eats grass like an ox;
see, now, his strength is in his loins, and his force in the muscles of
his belly; he hangs his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are
knit together; his bones are like tubes of bronze; his bones like bars
of iron; he is the first in the ways of God; his Maker brings near his
sword. For the mountains yield food for him, and all the beasts of the
field play there. He lies under the lotus, in the hiding-place of the
reed and the marsh; the lotus trees cover him in its shadow; the
willows of the torrent circle him. Behold, he is confident, even if Jordan burst forth against his mouth. Shall any take him before his eyes, or pierce his nose with snares?
(Job 41:1-34)
Can
you draw out the leviathan with a hook, or hold down his tongue with a
cord? Can you put a reed rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw with a
thorn? Can you fill his skin with barbs, or his head with fishing
spears? Who can pry open the doors of his face? Terror is all around
his teeth. The rows of shields are his pride, shut up with a tight
seal; one is so near to another that no air can come between them; they
are joined to one another; they clasp each other, so that they cannot
be separated. His sneezing flashes forth light. Out of his mouth go
burning torches; sparks of fire fly out. Smoke goes out of his nostrils
like a boiling pot fired by reeds. His breath kindles coals and the
flame goes out from his mouth. Strength abides in his neck and terror
dances before him. The folds of flesh cleave together, cast firm on
him; he cannot be moved. His heart is cast hard as a stone, even cast
hard as a piece of a lower millstone. The mighty are afraid from his
arising; from the crashings they miss the way. The sword overtakes him,
but will not hold firm, nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin. He
counts iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood. A son of a bow cannot make
him flee; slingstones are turned to stubble by him; darts are counted
as stubble; he laughs at the shaking of a javelin. Points of potsherds
are under him; he spreads sharp marks on the mire. He makes the deep
boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment; he makes a
path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be gray headed.
There is nothing like him on earth, one made without fear. He beholds
all high things; he is king over all the sons of pride.
I
think it is interesting that as long as there has been humans, there
have been legends of great lizards, dinosaurs or dragons. I think Job
gives us some very interesting things to think about. Some say that
these two references speak of a Hippopotamus and a Crocodile. Maybe,
but I think the descriptive language speaks of things much greater and
more powerful than anything we have ever seen.
Hope that helps,
Ryan