Are there DINOSAURS
in the Bible?

Q. I've been reading a lot of great articles lately about the fossil records and the Bible. What about dinosaurs and the Biblical record? Can they be fitted into the correct Biblical timeline, or are they a total fabrication used by the devil to deceive mankind??

(Submitted by: Rich)

A. The scriptures indicate that humans lived a long time in the world before and immediately after the flood. Adam lived 930 years (Genesis 5:5), Noah live 950 years (Genesis 9:29) and many other long life spans are indicated in Genesis. Note especially the genealogies in Genesis 4 and 5. Life spans declined after the flood as the below chart shows:

The average life span before the flood (ten generations) was 857 years. After the flood, however, the average life span (for the ten generations from Shem to Abraham) was only 323 years!

For details on the length of life for several Biblical patriarchs please see our chart showing the difference life spans before and after Noah's flood.

Therefore dinosaurs are simply large reptiles that have lived a long time. These reptiles and dinosaurs existed before the flood and to a lesser extent after the flood. The Biblical record and fossil record indicate that the present planetary ecosystem is incapable of producing and supporting large bodied reptiles (dinosaurs) and mammals. The Bible states that not only would mankind be destroyed but also the earth was to be wrecked (Genesis 6:13). Apparently, before the flood destroyed the antediluvian ecosystem, the earth could produce large bodied long living reptiles which we have named dinosaurs.