Day #40: RAWR! Means 'I Love You' In Dinosaur

He ranks first among the works of God,
yet his Maker can approach him with his sword.
~Job 40:19

I found the 40th chapter of Job exciting. Today I get to talk about (drum roll please) behemoths!!! Woo hoo!

The behemoth is described as herbivorous, extremely strong, with a skeleton like steel and a tail like a cedar tree. Most people believe God is describing a hippopotamus. (A hippo? But hippos don't have tails like cedar trees! Most people think the 'tail' is a euphemism... But I'm pretty sure God said what he meant.) Seriously though, when is the last time you saw a hippo with a tail like a cedar tree?

I, personally, do not believe God has just described a hippopotamus. I think God described a DINOSAUR. In fact, I believe another dinosaur was mentioned earlier in the book of Job, the Leviathan (Job 3, also in Job 41).

First, I'm going to give you a short history (that was an oxymoron) of the word 'dinosaur'. In 1842 paleontologist Richard Owen coined the word 'dinosaur'. The word is a combination of the Greek words for 'terrible/powerful/wonderous' and 'lizard'. So 'dinosaur' actually means 'terrible lizard'. Before Richard Owen gave a name to these creatures, most common people only knew about Leviathans and Behemoths (even though no one knows exactly what God was describing).

I am a Young Earth Creationist. That means I believe God created the world in 6 consecutive days, not thousands of years (so I believe the world is only about 6000 years old). I believe God created what we call dinosaurs, along with all His other creations. Neither ourselves or birds evolved from dinosaurs, and yes, humans did live at the same time as the creatures called dinosaurs.

God is amazing! I keep saying it, but it's so true! I mean, He created dinosaurs. There aren't many things cooler than dinosaurs (except maybe ninjas). And what amazes me most about all of this is the fact that God could have stopped after creating dinosaurs. He would have had tons of fun playing with His dinosaurs (I know I would. RAWR!), but He decided to make us. And He loves us more than He ever loved His dinosaurs.


Photo #40: RAWR! means 'I love you' in dinosaur.