Artwork by Steve Müller.
Our culture is saturated with the idea that dinosaurs lived “millions of years ago”. No matter where we look — children’s books, movies, TV, academia — the prevailing view is that dinosaurs ruled the earth long before man arrived on the scene.
However, a growing number of people are questioning this narrative. For example, the scientific community has been rocked in recent years by the discovery of soft-tissue fossils containing red blood cells, blood vessels, and flexible ligaments, indicating that dinosaurs may have been alive more recently than commonly thought.
Here are just a few examples:
Elastic soft tissue from a T-rex femur discovered at Hell Creek, Montana. Image: Dr Mary Schweitzer 
Flexible soft tissue from a Triceratops horn discovered at Hell Creek, Montana. 
Nodosaur soft tissue fossil with skin scales, pigment & stomach contents intact, discovered in Canada in 2011. 
Decalcified Allosaurus bone. 
Flexible blood vessels discovered inside T-rex bone. 
Dinosaur cells and connective tissue. Image: Dr Mary Schweitzer 
Demineralized Ichthyosaur skin tissue containing melanophores. 
Brachylophosaurus bone cells, nuclei & connecting fibrils.
History also is replete with dragon legends from all over the world, and many ancient artifacts, sculptures, carvings and drawings clearly depict dinosaur-like creatures.
Here are some intriguing examples:
Stone carving at the Temple of Ta Prohm, Cambodia, approximately 800 years old. 
Brass carving at Bishop Bell’s tomb, Carlisle Cathedral, England, circa 1500 AD. 
Pictograph from the Amazon jungle, Peru. 
St George and the Dragon, painting from 1470 
St George and the Dragon. 
St George and the Dragon. 
Ancient art from Sumatra. 
Illustration from a”History of the Kings of Britain”, 15th century. 
The Flag of Wales. 
The Flag of the Qing Dynasty, China. 
Bronze casting, Chinese wine vessel, dated 3rd century BC. 
Chinese Zodiac 
Ancient Mesopotamian cylinder seal, dated approximately 2000 BC.
The evidence is compelling on two counts:
(1) It poses a serious challenge to the belief that dinosaurs lived “millions of years ago”.
(2) It is consistent with a young earth and global flood as described in the Bible.
The problem with the “millions of years ago” narrative is that it undermines the central message of the Bible, which is founded upon a good God creating a perfect world only around 6,000 years ago, without “millions of years” of death and suffering and “evolution” (scientific evidence supports a young earth and refutes the theory of evolution; while natural selection is an established fact, evolution is not).
Therefore, what we believe about dinosaurs and when they lived has major theological implications for the moral character of God, the authority of Scripture, and the very Gospel itself. To find out more, please see our feature in CREATION magazine:
If you are open to seeking answers to the big questions of life — Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? — then PLEASE TAP HERE for a concise summary of the Christian faith and prayerfully consider the invitation to respond.
Clearly, the scientific and historical evidence presented above is consistent with a biblical worldview, and provides the inspiration for my dinosaur art.
Please explore my Facebook page for the fascinating stories behind each drawing:
Dinosaurs of Eden 
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