Why Evangelicals think that Behemot is a Dinosaurs?

Question

if the book of Job was Written 1473 before Christ and the flood was 2370 Before Christ, almost 900 years of difference if behemot was a Dinosaurs then they must be still alive.

Brian E have you ever seen a brontosaurus that you claim that fits very well? because a Hippopotamus I do but a brontosaurus i never seen one of them.

Answer 1

15 "Look at the behemoth,
which I made along with you
and which feeds on grass like an ox.

16 What strength he has in his loins,
what power in the muscles of his belly!

17 His tail sways like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are close-knit.

18 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.
The hills bring him their produce,
and all the wild animals play nearby.
Under the lotus plants he lies,
hidden among the reeds in the marsh.
The lotuses conceal him in their shadow;
the poplars by the stream surround him.
When the river rages, he is not alarmed;
he is secure, though the Jordan should surge against his mouth.
Can anyone capture him by the eyes,
or trap him and pierce his nose?'

(Job 40:15-24)

If this sounds like a hippopotamus to you, you have quite an imagination.

Answer 2

They just might be...

Start with reading Genesis 1:24-31. Here is a basic form of logic called a syllogism:
T. Rex is a land animal.
Land animals were made on day 6.
Therefore, T. Rex was made on day 6.

So, according to the Bible, dinosaurs lived beside man. Dinosaurs were made on day six of the creation week the same as man; they were beasts of the earth.

Then look at Genesis 6:18-20 about Noah and the animals. It doesn’t say two of every kind except dinosaurs. Now, keep in mind that God brought the animals to Noah; it says they will “come to you”; he didn’t have to go out and catch them.

If dinosaurs got on the ark, then dinosaurs got off the ark. That being the case, you would expect to find legends of dinosaurs in history. Why don’t we read stories about men fighting dinosaurs or dinosaurs eating people’s cows and stuff like that? Well, most people are unaware that the word “dinosaur” was not coined until the 1840s by Sir. Richard Owen (who was a Creationist by the way). So, if these creatures lived alongside humans prior to that time, they were not called dinosaurs. So what were they called? Dragons. Most cultures throughout the world possess ancient stories about dragons and sea monsters that closely resemble what we today would call dinosaurs. For instance, the flag of Wales depicts a dragon, which by the way, is claimed by some to be the oldest national flag still in use. Dragon stories have been handed down for generations in most civilizations. No doubt many of these stories have been exaggerated through the years, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t have their original basis in fact. I believe many of the dragon legends are simply distorted versions of dinosaur encounters.

And then read Job 40:15-24. Job was questioning God because of his suffering, and so God comes and challenges Job with His creation.

Many people say, “Job 40 can’t be speaking of a dinosaur.” They say that, not because the description of Behemoth doesn’t fit, but because of their preconceived conception that man and dinosaurs didn’t live together.

The margin of the NIV says, “Possibly the hippopotamus or the elephant.” Something to keep in mind—the footnotes are not a part of the original text.

Well, the tail of an elephant or hippo is like a twig, not a cedar (most dogs have longer tails). Throughout the Scriptures, cedars were known for their great size and length. Nothing on earth today fits this description, but a sauropod type of dinosaur does. The largest we have found was over 120 feet long. That sounds to me like the “chief”—not a hippo.

And then in Job 41, God describes the Leviathan (Isaiah 27:1 calls it the dragon in the sea.)

The margin of the NIV says, “Possibly the crocodile.” But the description again doesn’t fit any animal alive today. Besides, man has never had a problem catching crocodiles, even primitive tribes, but God says in Job 41 that Leviathan couldn’t be caught.

Some think this was just a mythical creature since it speaks of it breathing fire. And yes, Job is a poetic book and those could just be poetic descriptions. But not necessarily. Impossible you say? What about the electric eel that can produce enough electricity to stun a horse? If the electric eel was extinct and all we could find were its fossils, would we be able to know that it could generate electricity? Nope. What about the firefly and anglerfish that can produce light? What about the bombardier beetle that can fire a boiling mixture of chemicals at its enemies that is 212 degrees Fahrenheit?

Why couldn’t God have created certain water-living reptiles that were capable of expelling hot gaseous fumes that could ignite? Most animals produce methane anyway, which is a flammable gas. Stories of fire-breathing dragons have circulated for thousands of years.

Also, keep in mind that Behemoth and Leviathan were included along with real creatures that Job knew about. Read Job sometime.

In Isaiah 30:6, Isaiah speaks of flying serpents [reptiles]. I also find it interesting that Herodotus, the Greek Historian who lived around 450 BC wrote about flying serpents in Arabia. He talked about finding their bones and described their snake-like bodies and bat-like wings. And the Jewish historian from the first century, Josephus, wrote about Moses and the Israelites having a difficult time passing through a particular region because of the presence of flying serpents. I think they were speaking of one of the pterosaurs like the pterodactyl, pteranodon, or rhamphorhynchus.

So where did they go? Countries all over the world have stories of dragon slayers. Perhaps man killed them for food, sport, or because they were a nuisance. I think we just didn’t start our endangered species programs early enough.

Another thing, is that there have been (even recently) reports of strange animals in the Amazon and the Congo that sound a lot like dinosaurs. And there are reports of giant flying reptiles in Indonesia, and so forth. There are thousands of square miles of almost impenetrable swamps and thick jungle in the world. Natives in some of these places describe beasts that fit with what just might be dinosaurs. And what about all the sightings of lake monsters? This is a field called cryptozoology—the search for hidden animals. There just might be a few dinosaurs left, teetering on the edge of extinction. We are constantly discovering new species of animals and plants in remote areas. A tree can’t run away and hide and yet the Wollemi Pine Tree avoided detection until just recently (said to have become extinct millions of years ago).

Answer 3

And if there was no flood and there was no carbon dating evidence for a short world but rather a lot of evidence for a really old world and if dinosaurs did not believe in behemot, then and only then can we conclude, wait a minute, where was I, I forgot my point.

Answer 4

Not all believe that. I believe the Bible is silent on Dinosaurs. They have no role in the plan God has for us.

brian e...
Check out Dr Dino on Wikipedia...not sure if I would trust anything he has. Dinosaurs died millions of years ago and the Bible is silent on the issue.

Answer 5

Semantics....
God created all the wonderful beasts on the 6th day and the dinosaurs were commanded by God to be vegetarians. They were at that time His most amazing creatures. That changed when Adam and Eve were created - and so did the diet of the dinosaur.
A day is a thousand years to God and a thousand years is a day. You can't to hold God our earthly time frames.

Answer 6

That's what young-earth creationists like Ken Ham want you to think, but their arguments are full of holes.

For instance, it doesn't occur to him that we have legends of creatures like behemoths, leviathans, and dragons, >>because<< of dinosaur bones that have been unearthed by our ancestors.

Second, he also talks about ica stones, which apparently depict dinosaurs co-existing with humans. Apart from the fact that the origin of these stones cannot be established the problem remains that these depictions of dinosaurs are highly inaccurate - particularly where postures are concerned. We now know that the t-rex did not walk upright with it's tail dragging. (Picture of ica stone: apparently depicting a live t-rex: http://www.dakotavoice.com/images/Ica%20Stone_w.jpg )

Third, he seems to think the age of dinosaur fossils cannot be established. This is inspite of the fact that there are over 40 different radiometric methods in use today.

Fourth, if dinosaurs co-existed with humans, it would have taken much longer to build civilizations, if civilization could be built at all. Also it remains unclear - were dinosaurs brought on board Noah's Arc?

Answer 7

because the description of the Behemot fits that of a brontosaurus very well. i can think of nothing else it could be. can you? Dr kent hovin or drdino.com is a very good source for this sort of information. or if you'd like email me and we'll discuss it in more detail.
incidentally are you saying that the flood killed the dinosaurs. i would suggest that it led to their end, but didn't kill them off.

Answer 8

the behemoth is NOT a dinosaur, it is a hippottamussss

Answer 9

haven't seen one latley, have you?