Why doesn't the Bible
mention Dinosaurs?
Today's Question: If
the Bible is inspired, why does it not mention dinosaurs?
Bible Answer: Most agree
that dinosaurs lived and died out long before man. The Bible is
God's word to MAN; therefore, God is not interested in giving us
details about anything that doesn't pertain to mankind. The Bible
records the origin, fall, redemption, and future glory of
man--which has nothing to do with dinosaurs, since they lived
long before any of this.
The Bible, however, alludes to an age before
mankind. In Genesis 1:1-2 we read, "In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless
and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep..."
When did God create the earth? "In the
beginning". The beginning is before the first day
of creation. So we see that the earth was here before the first
day of creation--that is, the earth was here before the first day
of RE-creation.
The Bible says that the earth "WAS"
formless, empty, and dark. The Hebrew word for "was"
should be translated "became"--a good reference or
study Bible should bear this out. The book of Genesis teaches us
that the earth was here before the first day of creation and that
it BECAME formless, empty, and dark. Why did it become this way?
The prophet Jeremiah told us why. After he saw
the judgment of God on this planet, he wrote a vivid description
about it: "I looked at the earth, and it was formless and
empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone" (Jer
4:23). Jeremiah described what Moses wrote in Genesis--formless,
empty, and dark! This is the description of the aftermath of
God's judgment.
It seems possible that there was an age before
God created the present earth as we know it. It was a lawless
age, so God judged it. This explains why the dinosaurs became
extinct.
Moses was not an archeologist, yet he knew that
there had been a previous age that existed. And he hinted about
it in the book of Genesis. This simply is further proof that the
Bible is inspired by God, for no man at that time knew about a
previous age.
I should mention that there are good Christians
who believe that dinosaurs lived during man's time. They believe
Job 40:15 and 41:1 alludes to dinosaurs. Who knows for sure? They
could be right.
I don't make any claim to knowing for sure
about dinosaurs, I simply give a possible explanation from
Genesis 1:2.
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