We Studied Dragons in the Bible (Here’s What We Found)

Explore how biblical authors use dragon imagery to describe the human and spiritual forces that pull creation into disorder and death.
In this video, you'll learn:
- When dragons first appear in the Bible
- How humans and empires can become like dragons
- How dragon slayers can be drawn into the dragon's power
- How Jesus resists and defeats the dragon in a surprising way
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[@bibleproject]

We initially released Chaos Dragon in November 2023. Our team has chosen to repost it here after discovering that we were unable to trim the premiere content from the original video. Everything else about the video remains unchanged. Thank you for watching!

[@lordneeko]

"premier content?" 🤷‍♂️

[@bibleproject]

@@lordneeko Often when we launch new videos, we include behind the scenes content for the first 100,000 views. This encourages people to watch early on and is one way we like to surprise and delight our audience.

[@thatshowwithjoe]

This video was very bad.

[@ryukin8385]

@@thatshowwithjoe what? its so good

[@thatshowwithjoe]

@@ryukin8385 They strayed way, way too far from actual sound biblical exegesis. Dragons are not throughout the Bible in this manner. Fictional liberties were taken and taken too far. Leviathan is not Satan, it was an actual creature living during the time of Job. Just as Behemoth. Too many things in this video were just flat out wrong. Creator(s) of this video are either negligent or incompetent. They told an entirely different story.

[@carmenjacobo460]

The sound effects on this video are amazing!

[@daltonblyth3890]

That shouldn’t be the focus. The message should be and should be tested. God bless

[@KBeth35]

I had a dream a few weeks ago about a dragon. In the dream I was watching this dragon go from city to city. He was breathing fire on each one. The next thing I am looking street level on where he breathed the fire. There was chaos everywhere. People looting, burning things, kinda like summer of love 2020. I woke up rebuking civil unrest. I hope everyone is staying watchful and prayerful. I felt like I should give this warning when I saw the title. Follow the prompting of the Holy Spirit. If you get a strong feeling you should not go to a certain place on a certain day or time pls listen. The Lord may just be saving your or your families lives.

[@justice8718]

It’s interesting to point out that the only image of God that God created for himself was a brass snake. Meaning, the Devil wants to be like the most high golden dragon, who is of fire instead of water.

[@CrazyGamerDragon64]

​@@justice8718very interesting interpretation, although I would argue that God is both of Fire and Water, He is described as an unquenchable fire & Jesus is called "the fount of living water" whereas the devil & the "dragons of chaos" represent the destructive side of these things. I also like that you use the dragon in a positive way, I don't normally see the dragon portrayed positively in Christian communities, I do know there is apocrypha text from the Book of Esther where Esther's uncle has a dream/vision of two dragons fighting each other, one good and one evil, at the end he realizes the good dragon repeated him & the evil one was his rival that was trying to get all the Jews killed

[@justice8718]

@@CrazyGamerDragon64 Christians have a heavy misunderstanding of serpents and dragons since they don’t realize that Lucifer is being called by what he wants to be, the most high God. Revelations 1 showcases Christ having elements of the brass snake (the image of God) in numbers 22. In turn, they don’t fully realize what God wants humans to be. Even though I know that Satan is called the dragon by God, I don’t feel comfortable doing it because it gives that little worm too much respect from my mouth. Especially when the Christian world looks at Satan and implies him to be the highest dragon to exist, when it is God who is.

[@justice8718]

@@CrazyGamerDragon64 have you notice that it’s much harder to make any lingering comments. I think they’re trying to filter out holy presences here

[@CrazyGamerDragon64]

@@justice8718 you might be right, the devil has his claws in so many outlets right now, he & his slaves are trying so hard to keep the Message of the Gospel silent, but we won't shut up

[@Trameltin3]

”Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.“ ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭21‬:‭1‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Well done BP!!! Good stuff! 🙏🏼🙌🏼

[@bibleproject]

Thank you for your encouragement! It's great to hear you are enjoying our resources.

[@Trameltin3]

Definitely a huge fan of what y’all are doing. I recently began to follow a lot of Dr. Michael Heisers work and he hits on a lot of the same kind of things that y’all do. He talks about the verse from revelation 21:1 in his book “Unseen realm” and how the “chaotic sea” will be dealt with finally in the end, so after watching this video I couldn’t help but think of some of the things he said. I’m extremely grateful for teachers like you guys and Michael Heiser, who are helping laymen Christians like myself understand the text more completely and in depth. May God bless your efforts!

[@2Boios]

Be STILL and know God... dont dive into the intellect or satan will convince you that youre holy. @@Trameltin3

[@NellyWanjiru-ey8kw]

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[@JB-gj8pu]

"Be wise as serpents but innocent as doves." Matt. 10:16 Know how a dragon thinks, yet don't let yourself become transformed into one. It is good advice for a young dragon slayer.

[@klausehrhardt4481]

The sea serpent, the leviathan spoken of in the book of job. Nice showcasing of simbolic hermeneutics, never dreamt someone would do it. Bravo.

[@bibleproject]

Thank you for your encouragement! We are so happy that we can be a resource for you 😁

[@klausehrhardt4481]

@@bibleproject Hi guys. I bet you folks have a really well grounded background in ancient culture, not only confined to hebrew and greek languages. This realm of symbolic exegesis has been traditionally the turf of esoterists. Glad you are reclaiming the share belonging to the followers of Jesus back. Keep up the good job, for you are opening access to countless people into the Word.

[@jml5100]

​@@klausehrhardt4481they don't follow Jesus. They don't believe that God the Father sent God the Son to die for our sins. They say that would be "child abuse" instead of God's plan of salvation. They also say that lots of God's laws that we aren't comfortable with are actually bad laws, but they are less bad than other laws of the time so that made them ok for then. These guys don't trust the Bible, they trust their own intellect.

[@jonaszwojnar2483]

Is it symbolic hermeneutics? It's Biblical theology

[@user-bx9os9gr7y]

@@jml5100 got something to back up your accusations?

[@AngelPerez-yr1yi]

Thank you guys so much for your content. Without you guys I would not have learned to read the scriptures in its context. May the Lord bless you and keep you.

[@bibleproject]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us! It's great to hear our resources are impacting you in such a meaningful way.

[@2Boios]

@@bibleproject humility is a good thing

[@HarryNicNicholas]

you mean you need the word of god to be clarified? doesn't your "personal god" tell you exactly what he meant in his book?

[@HarryNicNicholas]

@@bibleproject i love how god's word needs some nerd to explain it to people, you'd think god would say things that can't be ambiguous. i've always been atheist, never needed a third party to explain how to b an atheist, god is a funny bloke eh? writes a really stupid book that needs - how many channels on youtube? to explain it. drivel, that's religion. eyewash.

[@AngelPerez-yr1yi]

@@HarryNicNicholas Of course, how else would we understand it? However, it is also good to have teachers, hence Rabbis in Israel during the post exile period. Once you reach a certain level, you rely solely on what scripture says, but it's great to have a baseline especially when you have many teachers or schools of thought which teach falsehoods.

[@ericnzuki90]

Thank you for your commitment on breaking these things down. A side note though. Your animated drawings as used with the Bible books like Isaiah, Daniel, are probably the best graphic Bible representations I have ever seen and the concepts I earnt through that have stuck with me and my house for years. If we could have more of that.. Thanks

[@bibleproject]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us! It's great to hear our resources are impacting you in such a meaningful way. Here is a link to all of our Book Overviews where you can visualize the shape and core themes of every book of the Bible through an illustrated outline: bibleproject.com/explore/book-overviews/ I hope that helps!

[@jml5100]

What they said about Daniel in this video is utter garbage. The book of Daniel specifically names 3 of those 4 beasts as a lion, bear, and leopard. Not a dragon. They just made that up. The Bible actually doesn't have a lot about a dragon, they just said it does so they can make a video people will be interested in. It's click bait.

[@TheNewYorker7899]

Man this animation and sound effect are amazing!!!!

[@bibleproject]

Thanks! It's great to hear you are enjoying our resources.

[@sams802]

I watched a video recently (likely yesterday), a movie clip mentioning the bible verses of Jesus cast out demon from the possessed man in the book of Matthew 8:28-32. The demon was casted out from the man and they entered the herd of pigs/swines and rushed down the steep… (In the movie they quoted the pigs entered ocean for their plots but in fact was lake in the bible), they also mentioned the scripture of Jesus walking on the ocean. They said ocean, from this perspective and context mentioned above, the larger body of water can be where they dwell - 🌊 is like the demon’s home on earth. Jesus walking on the ocean is claiming and showing to the demons who is the KING 👑! And then I wasn’t sure if they were accurate because they used it for a movie, not Bible teaching… but then I woke up this morning and this is the first thing I saw ❤. Praise the Lord for giving me wisdom, thank you Lord Jesus.

[@Aubrey_Graham1]

Imagine An Angel stirring the water letting the Sea creatures talk to give praise to GOD on earth too🤯🤯

[@user-ms9ps5zr5h]

You guys make me feel like I am a part of the Bible Project. I love the content you guys put out. The animation is sublime.

[@victoriabien-aime3890]

This is so good. I'm studying International Affairs and one of the theories/schools of thought we often touch on is called realism where at the international level its anarchy (everyone country acting for their own self interest and where everyone is living in constant anxiety). At the domestic level people gave up some of their freedoms to the "leviathan" through a social contact for protection and order giving rise to the government/state power. The point you guys touched on in terms of nations being described as beasts reminded me of Thomas hobbes and the leviathan form of government. Never made this connection until now. Going down a rabbit hole now 😅

[@ChaoticGoodPeasant23]

Look at every government man has ever created. Were any of them good? Just? Or were they all corrupt and, eventually, collapsed in on themselves? Revelations talks of great dragons rising in the East and West, for example, that lead up to the third world war (which is in the Bible, again revelations). Good news is, it's a short *fiery* war before world peace for 10 years, under a one world government. The Christians think they won, but in reality, that is when the anti-Christ is supposed to reveal themselves into having tricked them. Then, things get real. I argue no man was ever meant to rule over another man. We are meant to be ruled by the Lord.

[@letstalktech8894]

I am a visual learner like many people in here. I have Asperger’s syndrome and I learn through art (which is why I love reading comic books and graphic novels.) I’m trying to understand the Bible and these videos really help me. The art is amazing and the sound effects. Thank you for the hard work you guys put into this channel - I really appreciate it. May god bless you all and the souls in this comment section.

[@bibleproject]

Thanks so much for taking the time to share your story! Your encouragement truly inspires us and it's a great joy to be a part of your learning journey.

[@rosey9cheeeks]

Man…each video of you guys just makes me cry…thank you for these resources.

[@jman518192]

I loved the podcasts covering this topic it’s so great to see it visualized!!!

[@iGame316]

God bless you guys. You inspire me to create.

[@bibleproject]

That makes us so happy to hear! Thank you for your kind words 😁

[@joshualee7988]

You guys’ graphics and sound designs are phenomenal! Super awesome way to steward your gifts!

[@cart-wheels]

Wow! The ending summarized my thoughts and questions that have tumbled around in my head for a while. Thank you! It's all clear now.

[@zhillsdaniel]

What an animation and sound team! Awesome.

[@roxannegladwin9807]

Super cool!!! Loved this depiction🙏🏻

[@Mattmanwow]

This was a drastic oversimplification but i loved the art in this. based on the title, i figured this would be about dinosaurs considering dragons were the name they used for them back before the term dinosaur was invented.

[@godsgrace2124]

Great video! Thank you!

[@toddnewsom8129]

Beautiful illustrations and animations. Love you guys!

[@bibleproject]

Thank you for your kind words! We appreciate you and your encouragement today.

[@jlcworship]

Love the SFX and the animation! Great job!

[@Lacroix999]

Idk who does all your animation, but it’s awesome and I love it! It’s a huge shift from boring Bible history teachings and being a more visual person, it helps grab my attention more to be able to understand it a lot better!!

[@andreamoll1994]

This is incredible. I cannot get over the sound design in these videos 🤯🤯🤯 and the art style and characters are so unique and creative. Love it 🔥 pls make a movie/series of the bible 🥺

[@ericchungu8313]

okay. beautifully done. storytelling at its best

[@kimnanney2692]

Thank you for the thoughtful narrative and wonderful visuals. God bless

[@felipecardoso229]

This video is incredible, no words to describe it.

[@MrExnihlo]

I really like the art style in this one!

[@bibleproject]

Thanks!

[@jml5100]

Too bad it's not also accurate. In daniel, 3 of the 4 beasts are labeled a lion, bear, and leopard. Not dragons. Dragons are rarely mentioned in the Bible. These guys are using illegitimate artistic license to get clicks.

[@TheDbrown416]

I love these animated videos, they're great teaching tools for my son. We watch before bed and talk about them afterwards!! Fantastic content, thank you

[@CasWald]

Great video! Thank you! It's exactly what I needed

[@bibleproject]

We love to hear that! We are so happy that we can be a resource for you 😁

[@ryanreviews8566]

the recording and sound engineers absolutely need a resounding applause cuz DAMN, DO THEY BRING IT EVERY TIME IN EVERY BIBLEPROJECT

[@rtu9734]

You make bible sound interesting. Nice animation and visuals

[@user-lh7yg8en4h]

The animation and knowledge it portrayed is amazing

[@savannahshumpert]

This video is super well animated and gorgeous to look at! The depictions are so smooth and captivating, and the sound design is awesome! Well done and I like your interesting imagery with dragons. God bless! ❤🙏

[@wispfire2545]

Cool animation and a good message. Kudos. (:

[@bibleproject]

Thanks for your encouragement we are so happy that we can be a resource for you 😁

[@hellegilbert3000]

Thank you for reposting.

[@Josecoatl]

That was perfect! 👍🏽

[@kreat0rrr]

incredible message

[@furbait3442]

hey guys I absolutely love your videos and the animation and explainations are amazing but the titles are very confusing for some reason and I liked the old ones better before you guys changed it anyways amazing video as always!

[@heitorhiguchi1430]

beautiful!!!

[@Arcuris77]

the dound designer did an amazing job!!!

[@motobeatbox7094]

REPENT For The Dragon has already been slayed/defeated, its being slayed/defeated and will be slayed and defeated forever. 🔥🔥🔥

[@corymolnar218]

U guys make really good videos and u make them very well

[@bibleproject]

Thank you for your encouragement! It's great to hear you are enjoying our resources.

Thank you so much for you creations!

[@bibleproject]

Thank you for your encouragement! It's great to hear you are enjoying our resources.

[@RootBeerBarrel]

This is amazing!

[@aliciabodington3272]

My dragon is confusion, mental health and anxiety. And this is such a good reminder to believe in God to help me with this

[@RonTamares]

just love that Jesus animation, so elegant, magnificent and peaceful

[@bibleproject]

Thanks! It's great to hear you are enjoying our resources.

[@peekaxu4352]

THANK YOU for this wonderful resource.....There is so much to learn from the bible...I sometimes feel like a kid in an ice cream shop....Sooo many flavors i dont know which one to choose❤

[@bibleproject]

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[@peekaxu4352]

@@bibleproject I am beyond excited that you would take the time reply to my comment out of the thousands out there...I am grateful🙋‍♀️

[@whycathira]

What a beautiful video!!!!

[@roryfleming1792]

These animated depictions are brilliant 👍

[@bibleproject]

Thank you for your kind words! We appreciate you and your encouragement.

[@stephaniechristol1625]

Though dinosaurs aren't mentioned in the Bible I actually think the book of Genesis, the first starting books of the Bible, the 'talking snake' (the devil) is aetiological. The snake is representative of the dinosaur 'reptile' age that had been before. The snake as a dragon.

[@sirrafael1]

Wow, the analogies used here are powerful. What a great way to connect with a new generation and make it easy to understand without twisting the word.

[@MaximilianTheodore]

The animation is amazing

[@bibleproject]

Thank you for your kind words! We appreciate you and your encouragement today.

[@bibleproject]

If you're interested in learning more about this theme, we would encourage you to check out our Guide page on this topic! bibleproject.com/guides/dragons-in-the-bible/

[@delanodouglas6390]

You all do such a great job with your videos! I love the way that you share the details of Scripture according to the original audience. Please continue to minister in this very unique way!

[@bibleproject]

Thanks for your kind words! We appreciate you and your encouragement today.

[@Zapanath]

The Chaoskampf … absolutely beautiful story!

[@3rikhndez]

The Leviathan. Great Video and Animation 🔥

[@Oss.2A]

Wow that was amazing narration, theme & idea of every evil rooted in the dragon beast of death & destruction

[@c.galindo9639]

Whoa. I greatly love this video and what it entails me to believe. It gave me a major epiphany on how to better understand things, also brings about an even greater revelation to not be enveloped by the seduction of evil

[@rimfire8217]

The Animation is gorgeous.

[@SJP77714]

I can't describe how beautiful and impacting this is, May God bless you guys 🙏🏻

[@bibleproject]

Thank you for your kind words! We appreciate you and your encouragement today.

[@nickwatchesyoutube]

This provoked my imagination really well. Thanks for making this :D

[@davidordaz5251]

Why was this upload not in my sub list should have been notified of this am subbed to this channel

[@AveryLiburd]

really good animation

I love your videos

[@raydelgado7451]

You guys should make an animated movie on the complete bible

[@AllThingsTheology]

This podcast series is so dope - I never knew dragons were so prominent in the Bible and it's blown my mind

[@bibleproject]

Thanks! It's great to hear our resources are impacting you in such a meaningful way.

[@barbaragum7665]

I had been listening to the podcast, then life got in the way. I love this summarization. It encourages me to go back and finish the podcast series. Thanks for the great video and for all of your resources!

[@bibleproject]

It's great to hear you are enjoying the podcasts! Thanks for your encouragement we are so happy that we can be a resource for you 😁

[@LouiseJames]

A great way to remind us not to use the devices of the devil. The weapons of our warfare are very different!

[@SummitMancelot7889]

Mindblown

[@melissavergara612]

this is by far THE COOLEST bible telling channel there is on KZbin, so cool if I was an atheist ur videos would def convert me haha

[@kukumatz4502]

Much love from an Orthodox Christian, your channel helped start me on the journey toward Christ :)

[@quiglid]

Thank you for the link to the website as I found this video over simplified. At every comment, I was asking, ‘where is that in the Bible?’ I would then discover it is in translation that understanding is found.

[@Intellectual-Warrior9]

The battle is already won. Nice

[@tobinthomas3137]

THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL 🔥🔥🔥😍😍

[@bibleproject]

Thank you for your encouragement! We are so happy that we can be a resource for you.

[@frankhansman2111]

"Seraph" is the Hebrew pronunciation for "burn". Most people (i.e. everyone) presumes that the "burn" in question here is that of flames. That fire causes "seraph". This is not true. Seraph indicates a chemical burn, as in acid or poison. When the Israelites complained during the Wilderness Wanderings, Yah sent vipers to bite them. Then instructed Moses to cast a bronze viper and hoist it upon a wooden staff and anyone who looked upon it would be cured of the venom. The word "viper" we read in those passages is the Hebrew word "Seraph". It is a word used of venomous snakes. This has NOTHING TO DO with Genesis chapter 3. "Serpent" in those passages comes from the word "nephesh" which is the generic Hebrew word for snake or serpent (it also can mean "glittery one" I presume because of how glittery snakes are after they shed their skin). So when Isaiah confesses that he saw Seraphim around the Throne of Yah the image drawn up in the minds of his original audience was that of a six-winged viper with hands and feet like those of a reptile. Gigantic snakes with wings and limbs.... is a dragon. Adonai Yah Tseva'oth is so mighty, He has a flock of DRAGONS, the harbingers of chaos and destruction, brought to such order that they sing His praises day-in and day-out.

[@lisafrakes3552]

Thank you for your service and support and help and love 💓 Your video was very helpful and directive and understanding 🎉😮🎈 thank you for your videos that explains and shares 😀 the Bible ! Amen 🙏🙌 may the Lord bless and keep blessing ⭐💞 your ministry

[@bibleproject]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us! It's great to hear our resources are impacting you in such a meaningful way.

[@teamsteed1]

Thank you for posting the video clip about the Chaos Dragon.

[@eviewalters9245]

Yalls content makes concepts in the Bible so digestible. I’m writing a novel and my Jesus character is so hard to define and write because Jesus is mysterious, and I don’t always understand what He does or why, but this helps and actually just filled in a plot hole I’ve been stressing about. Thank you guys so much! And the art also helps more than you know.

[@meganwanjiru9044]

@eviewalters9245 when you publish please tell me the name of the book!

[@christopherlin8661]

jesus is like the taichi. he takes in his environment, and lets the flow of the environment dictate his actions and speech. now what he has to learn is to use that flow to understand himself, and the direct principles that dictate the pattern

[@justice8718]

Jesus isn’t supposed to be mysterious. That’s a misconception. It’s the false gods that proclaim secrets even after they reveal themselves.

[@christocanoid]

Jesus the Dragonslayer. My new d&d character

[@hiyabh.5473]

I had to think of Eustace who was lured by the dragon in C.S.Lewis' The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It is so amazing how he prophetically wrote his books based on Scripture.

[@lGalaxisl]

Saint George, pray for us!

[@noblelionzgaming6194]

Awesome video and thanks to Jesus for using you guys to bring this out. May Jesus bless, guide and heal all of you. In Jesus Name, Amen. I would like to have or purchase those panel that’s shown in this video. Or I will print it out If possible.

[@MicgregerConya]

Dude…VERY cool

[@brendaninboden9743]

Killing the dragon only to become it reminds me of Thorin Oakenshield from the Hobbit!

[@ringthembells143]

When you guys released the original video I was so curious how you would manage getting rid of that original release footage. Makes sense. No problems at all as the world will benefit from having this released twice for sure. Praise be to our heavenly father who has given us victory over chaos and the snake✅🔔❤️

[@bradymelo8952]

Thank You, Lord, for this video! So my myth teacher is having us make mythological inspired shields for a project, and I wanted mine to represent something Biblical in some way (though I do not find Christianity to be a myth in any way). My dad and I picked out some stencils, and we decided on a dragon one wrapped around a sword. And I like dragons. I think they're cool. But then I was curious if dragons represented anything Biblical. So I looked it up, and the first result I got was "Satan". I was terrified. I couldn't bring myself to tell my dad, as he was already buying the stencils. I was extremely convicted. I couldn't have Satan on my shield, after all! But, of course, the Lord came through. This video came out when I got home from school that day. I watched it and realized that the dragon-wrapped sword represents that the Lord SLAYED the dragon! I just thought this was a really cool and encouraging story. The Lord really is a great Father. The greatest. By the way, I am making this comment again because the original upload of this video from November 2023 (when the shield project was assigned)

[@godwillmaroko4156]

Hallelujah

[@theeclipser3631]

Will you do another one about Behemoth and the Leviathan

[@CosmicPotato740]

I hope this animated group covers dinosaurs in the Bible someday!! I know earlier civilizations use to refer to them as dragons!

[@petrusdeswardt9677]

Tysm u guys helped me grow closer to God!❤

[@sophiawalker7463]

I’m curious, could you guys post the Bible chapters and verses you used for this video? It’s an excellent breakdown, but some of it doesn’t sound like it’s straight from the Bible, so I was curious as to where you saw these parts about the “Chaos Dragon”.

[@Sylinic]

Incredible

[@troychew711]

I have been trying to search for this answer in the Bible. When I was 8 years old my relatives and me saw a Chinese dragon floating slowly passing in the sky. It is a majestic animal and I still puzzle to this day. Thought it was just an imagination and 5 years before my grandma pass away she recall this incident and that reminded me the sighting of the dragon is indeed real not an imagination at all.

[@JesusismyKingNL]

God bless everyone on here❤

[@Mancheel]

nice

[@kombokoroma8533]

Wow!❤😊

[@CatPerson3]

The animation is topnotch

[@missclaudia9556]

Thanks