Long (45-70 mins)
Biblical StudiesOld TestamentNew Testament
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Where Sea Monsters Show Up in Creation
Theologian
BibleProject
Duration
47.57
Uploaded to YouTube
15 September 2023
Added to Database
29 November 2025
YouTube description
Dragons show up on page one of the Bible, named among the beings that feature in the seven-day creation narrative in Genesis 1. God creates dragons to inhabit the chaos waters, and we meet one early on that tries (and succeeds) to get the first humans to choose their own destruction. Why would God create these creatures? What is their purpose? Join Tim and Jon as they talk about the literary function of dragons in the Bible.
Music:
“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
Additional sound design by Tyler Bailey, Dan Gummel, and Matthew Halbert-Howen