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Dinosaurs and the
Biblical Flood
... an extinct, chiefly terrestrial reptile that lived in the Mesozoic Era.
The fossil record is filled with large reptiles
called dinosaurs that are typically found in the
section of the geological column known as
the Mesozoic (seen at left). They are believed to have gone extinct from the earth about
65 million years before the first humans lived. However, according to
the Biblical account of earth's early history,
God created all the land animals and humans on exactly the same day. The
Bible also says there was a
great devastating flood that covered the highest
mountains by 20 feet, and was only survivable
through divine intervention.
The scientific community does not recognize this devastating global flood,
and therefore if the Bible is true, the fossils and rock layers that blanket the world
have been misinterpreted.
The fossiliferous layers of rock are assumed to have accumulated at a rate the animals alive today could have survived naturally, and are therefore believed to have accumulated through repeated local floods and gradual buildup over millions of years. According to this interpretation, animals such as the dinosaurs are believed to have lived on the earth for 200 million years. It is thought they went extinct long before humans evolved because they are not typically found in the same layers of strata. However, if indeed the fossil record is instead a history of Noah's flood, the animals died at different times, but separated by weeks perhaps instead of millions of years.
Many animals are alive today which remain unchanged from their appearance in the fossil record, and countless out of order fossils have been found worldwide. If the Biblical chronology is correct, organisms such as the dinosaurs and humans must have cohabited the world for more than 1500 years prior to the flood. Likewise, the dinosaurs were also among the animals spared from the flood along with all others, and lived on earth following the flood with humans for an indefinite period of time.
If the Bible is true, then
most of the animals we find fossilized were buried during the great flood of Noah. It is clear
that countless
species became extinct as a result of this catastrophe, however
pairs of each kind of animal were brought to the ark by God so
they would be spared from the flood and repopulate the earth. As the specifics
regarding their preservation were provided by God, it is logical that they would also survive
the post-flood environment. Therefore, according to this theory, the dinosaurs
that were on board the ark probably did not go extinct from natural difficulties, but have instead either
perished at man's hand,
or
some
may still be alive today.
Job 40:15-19 'Look at the behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox. What strength he has in his loins, what power in the muscles of his belly! His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are close-knit. His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like rods of iron. He ranks first among the works of God, yet his Maker can approach him with his sword.
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