When did God create dinosaurs?

Answer 1

According to Genesis chapter 1, dinosaurs were likely created with the rest of the land animals on the sixth day, the very same day the text says that man was created.

In terms of chronology, we would have to say that God created dinosaurs at the beginning of the Triassic period, over 230 million years ago, since this is the age of the earliest dinosaur fossils ever found. Man first appears in the record a little over 200 thousand years ago.

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Many have the misunderstanding that the Genesis 1 account of The Bible speaks to the original and total physical universe. In fact, though, the Genesis 1 account is speaking of the 'renewal' of the face of the Earth that was already fully formed but in total darkness and the orb was entirely under water. This would seem to indicate a prior 'origin' of the planet and a modern 'Gap Theory' which suggests a period of time - unknown - existed between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. It is scientifically probable that prehistoric life existed in this period which includes the dinosaurs.

This apparently reflects the change from the pre-Adamic world to the world of man as the famous paleontologist G.G. Simpson once remarked: "The most puzzling event in the history of life on the earth is the change from the Mesozoic Age of Reptiles, to the ... Age of Mammals. It is as if the curtain were rung down suddenly on a stage where all the leading roles were taken by reptiles, especially dinosaurs, in great numbers and bewildering variety, and rose again immediately to reveal the same setting but an entirely new cast, a cast in which the dinosaurs do not appear at all, other reptiles are supernumeraries and the leading parts are all played by mammals of sorts barely hinted at in the previous acts" ( Life Before Man, 1972, p. 42).

The Scripture is very clear, however, that all that was ever created was created by God through 'the Word' who became Jesus Christ (see John 1:1-4). The timing is not fully revealed to us presently.

Answer 2

According to Genesis chapter 1, dinosaurs were likely created with the rest of the land animals on the sixth day, the very same day the text says that man was created.

In terms of chronology, we would have to say that God created dinosaurs at the beginning of the Triassic period, over 230 million years ago, since this is the age of the earliest dinosaur fossils ever found. Man first appears in the record a little over 200 thousand years ago.

For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation

Answer 3

Many have the misunderstanding that the Genesis 1 account of the Bible speaks to the original and total physical universe. In fact, though, the Genesis 1 account is speaking of the 'renewal' of the face of the Earth that was already fully formed but in total darkness and the orb was entirely under water. This would seem to indicate a prior 'origin' of the planet and a modern 'Gap Theory' which suggests a period of time - unknown - existed between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. It is scientifically probable that prehistoric life existed in this period which includes the dinosaurs.

This apparently reflects the change from the pre-Adamic world to the world of man as the famous paleontologist G.G. Simpson once remarked: "The most puzzling event in the history of life on the earth is the change from the Mesozoic Age of Reptiles, to the ... Age of Mammals. It is as if the curtain were rung down suddenly on a stage where all the leading roles were taken by reptiles, especially dinosaurs, in great numbers and bewildering variety, and rose again immediately to reveal the same setting but an entirely new cast, a cast in which the dinosaurs do not appear at all, other reptiles are supernumeraries and the leading parts are all played by mammals of sorts barely hinted at in the previous acts" ( Life Before Man, 1972, p. 42).

The Scripture is very clear, however, that all that was ever created was created by God through 'the Word' who became Jesus Christ (see John 1:1-4). The timing is not fully revealed to us presently.