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H:I\': ;"'11 c\er heard :I ,elwlar k:!ch tllal dinosaur:; :lfe mentio!kd in the Bible';' Probably not But anVOlll? that has Sl?ell the remains l)f these fanta,;tlc creatures knows tht' Bible would be incomplete, If these creature'S \\,~re not mentioned. The BIllle i~ complete, and \\C Will document the llll:ntion of dinosaurs in Gou's Word.

Some might :15k, "Whv is it imp\.)rtant it.; liS I,) be kno\\ledgcab!e abou( dllll)';~lurs (odav',)" \ly friends, there IS nothing new under the sun, Everythinl,! in God's Plan is designed a:: a type or an example whereby we may better understand our Father's Word. Man of this v.'orld otlen thinks he kno\\'s a great deal Job \\:1~ one that thought he knew a great deal. Howewf. a~ we ;'III ;;hould leam, Job t()und out his knowledge compared to God':; knowledge and wisdom IS in::nitelv smaller. Bl~fnre we turn to Joh, I want to be!!in with Genesis to est;]hli~h that \\'hen God created m'an in the l1esh there were fallen angels 011 eanh that took wives. The progen, of the;;\' CO~lple~ were called Nephilim in the Hebrew tongue This \Vas S;'Itan's attempt to pollute woman fwm whom Christ would later come,

That the sons of God saw the daughters were fair, and they took them ,vives of they chose. 3 And the LORD s:l!d, 'rv1y it shall not always strive w:th {>l;]n, for thai he a/so is fiesh yet hiS days shi.lll be an hundred :Jnd twenty years. "

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And it repented the LORD that lYe had the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.

The Lord was sorry He created man on earth and verse seven. In verse seven He said He would destroy those which Iwd mixed with the fallen angels, God loved Job a great deal. In the Hebrew tonl,!ue. Job means per~;ecuted, How 1l1:l11\ of y\Ju l'\'er kef persecuted') In

I believe God w,ed .lob 10 kach us a kSSl)ll, God \'.as in.;;tructing liS through Job that S;ltan has no pO\\'l~r OWl' VOl!, If vall have Jesus Christ. When YOU are armed 'the po\~'er of Christ, Satan will run 'from you, He

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The first thirt",sl'\en chapter:; of Joh are about three of JOb'5O tj'iends \\hu thoul!ht they knew the C:lll-e' of every chasti:;ement placed on Job, -They were tcllin~ .lob the Lord I\as placing aftljl'ti\~J1s on him, Jllh \\1~ ~,,\ illg he helic'lt'I\ in llod and had dlll!!' ll11thiJ:" ;l~':l!n.,t Him !lis fril'ntb rold hlln hI? lllU"t not be 1")il1~' ,';'-'11;1.'110111;' right because he had those boi I, and his rami I~ \\;is gone, and on, and on for thirty-se\'en chapters, It wasn't God that was persecuting Job, though, It \\'a5 Satan, Before we turn to Job 38 it is important for vou to understand II Peter 3, There are three world al,!es, We are now in the second v>'orld age, The first thirty­ seven Chapters of Job are about the knowledge ::md wisdom of man, or the lack thereof. God says Hothin\! to lob until the thirty-eighth chapter. . ~ JOB 38,1-2 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, ana said, < ''VVho IS thiS that darkenett) counsel by words Without knowledge?

Why are you lis:tening to these people J\.lb'.' They have a lot to say, but they have no knowledge, ,LQ1L~/II~5.

Gird up now Illy ic)InS like a""~i1 Will demand of thee, and answer thou MEl • \i/fJere was! thou when { :aid the found31ions of the Harth? declare. if thou hast understanding \Vho hath law !I:e mea· sures thereof if theu knov~ esP or v. he hatn sirelcl:ec! the I:ne upon it?

If \ Oll C\C! ha \ l' all ep) problem and think YOll are really something. put yourself in Job's shoes at this point. Where were you when God laid the foundations of the earth? The very thought should humble anyone, YOll must rightly divide the Bible to underst;md God's Word, God is talking about the fir~t world age when Ihe earth ,;vas created, This eanh is millions of vear~ pld [t IS this earth age that is but SIX tlllHlsand war~ "Id, ,JQf2 _.;111.:..6: 7 faster.ed? ~he rnonling :;:Jrs sang God ~tte(l f:Jr joy?

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and shouting for JOY. This \\'as bd{)re Satan's rebellion. The children of God. might I say before they were in the flesh, \\ere happy souls. Paul tau:,!ht us that we ha\e a tlesh body and a spiritual body'. There i3 no mystery in that. We are going to turn to Chapter 40 \\hete God continues questioning Job and begills to use types. The Father is challenginj! anyone. including Job. to argue with Him or question His \\ isdom. God begill~ to lise the :Ulimai kingdom to make Hi~ point.

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III th,,' t1.:5h we are' all \ilc-. Job \\as saving. "I'll I. cql 111\ IIWul II 5h lit and 1i5kll I\l \Ull F:lther". We llllgh; all ukl' :i Ic~,nn frtHll .Ill!' ';05 40 f-8

Then 3nsivered tile LORD unto Job out oftFle-lvhTr/wlnd and SJld, - "Gird up thy /OIl)S now I/'~e il man i ,VI,! dern3nd of thee. and declare thou unto "'Ie. ' VV;/t thou a/so dlsaf1rwl My Judgemer.t? Wilt Ii:ou GOliaemn fde that thou ();3yest be ?

that follow. JOB 40.15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee, heeateth grass as an ox.

When your soul was created, God created behemoth. This is not vour tlesh bod\'. These were the sons of God we covered in Gcnesis 'to begin this lecture. Listen to God's Word no\\' , and think for yourself.

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A cedar tree is huge and weighs tOilS. Have you e\er seen a hippopotamus tail'! It is a t\vig. Somc scholars say thc behemoth \\a5 the eleph~Ult. or thc rn:lInmoth. They .;;ay the trunk was as large as a cedar. God said the hehemoth mo\cd his tail likc a cedar. The tail is always on the postt'rior in the animal kingdom. I think it is safe to scratch thc elcphant from the list of possibilities. Only thc dinosaur had a tail that wOllld tit this dcscription. JOB 40. '18-19 i·lis bones are as strong pieces of brass, his bones are like bars of iron. He is the chief of the ways of GOD.' f1e That made him can make His sword to approach unto him,

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Ha\\~ you C\en seen a hippopotrunus on a mountain" God has described a dinosaur to Job. Again. He is t~a~ing Job because Job probably didn't ha\'e any idea whal a dinosaur \\'a5 or that they existed in the first earth age. Clod is making a point. He was telling Job if he kno\\s so much. where \vas he during the first carth a[!e. Behemoth did not walk this earth with man in 11le' 'flcsh, Behemoth walkcd the earth in a previolls earth :Ige.

I:t Job .+1 leviathan is likened lInto Satan. In \'erse hc is called "a killg o\'cr all the children of pridc"'. Le\ialhan. or crocodilc:>. exist III this earth age. r\'lrul in the Ilesh is ahlc to conquer a crocodile. The lesson God tearhes LIS in Chapter ~ i is that man in the flesh has pt'\\er OYer Salan through Iht;' power of Christ. q

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