Dinosaurs fascinate all of us! To think about those giant “terrible lizards” roaming the earth at one time is incredible and it is true that God did create them. He created all the beasts of the earth on day six (Gen. 1:24). This would have included wild animals, lions, elephants, and even dinosaurs. Job actually described one of these beasts called the behemoth (Job 40:15). His description is of an animal that could move his tail as a cedar tree, his bones were as strong as brass and iron, the mountains give him food, and he was so big it was as if he could drink up a river! There is no animal on the earth right now that would fit that description, but a dinosaur certainly would.
There is historical evidence and physical evidence that dinosaurs and humans did interact, which makes sense, because God created man on day six as well (Gen. 1:26,27). This means that dinosaurs were even on the ark with Noah and his family since every animal “kind” (clean and unclean) “went in unto Noah into the ark” (Gen. 7:14,15). These dinosaurs did not have to be full-grown and many of the dinosaurs on average were the size of a large cow. Some were even just a few feet tall as full-grown adults.
So, why don’t we have dinosaurs roaming the earth today like other animals that survived the flood? One possibility is that they could not survive the new world climate after the flood. The lifespan of humans definitely changed after the flood as people lived 800-900 years beforehand (Gen. 5), but afterward only about 150-200 years. This change in climate could have resulted in eliminating the dinosaur population. Another suggestion is that dinosaurs were hunted to the point of extinction after the flood. Before the flood, God had only given man all the vegetation to eat (Gen. 1:29), but afterwards He told Noah and his sons, “And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things” (Gen. 9:2,3). It seems that before the flood, animals and man lived more harmoniously together each without fear. However, afterwards hunting large animals (including dinosaurs) for food or even killing them out of fear to save your life would have been common. Since fossil records have proven the existence of dinosaurs and the Bible declares God created all beasts of the earth, there is no doubt they did exist at one time. The reasons for their extinction are not clear, but it is clear that our God “hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth” (Isa. 12:5).
~Derrick Coble
There is historical evidence and physical evidence that dinosaurs and humans did interact, which makes sense, because God created man on day six as well (Gen. 1:26,27). This means that dinosaurs were even on the ark with Noah and his family since every animal “kind” (clean and unclean) “went in unto Noah into the ark” (Gen. 7:14,15). These dinosaurs did not have to be full-grown and many of the dinosaurs on average were the size of a large cow. Some were even just a few feet tall as full-grown adults.
So, why don’t we have dinosaurs roaming the earth today like other animals that survived the flood? One possibility is that they could not survive the new world climate after the flood. The lifespan of humans definitely changed after the flood as people lived 800-900 years beforehand (Gen. 5), but afterward only about 150-200 years. This change in climate could have resulted in eliminating the dinosaur population. Another suggestion is that dinosaurs were hunted to the point of extinction after the flood. Before the flood, God had only given man all the vegetation to eat (Gen. 1:29), but afterwards He told Noah and his sons, “And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things” (Gen. 9:2,3). It seems that before the flood, animals and man lived more harmoniously together each without fear. However, afterwards hunting large animals (including dinosaurs) for food or even killing them out of fear to save your life would have been common. Since fossil records have proven the existence of dinosaurs and the Bible declares God created all beasts of the earth, there is no doubt they did exist at one time. The reasons for their extinction are not clear, but it is clear that our God “hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth” (Isa. 12:5).
~Derrick Coble