What was the color of the symbol under the third seal?
Answer
"When He had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a
black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand." Verse 5.
NOTE - The "black" horse fitly represents the spiritual darkness that characterized the church
from the time of Constantine till the establishment of papal supremacy in AD. 538. Of the condition of
things in the fourth century, Wharey (page 54) says: "Christianity had now become popular, and a large
proportion, perhaps a large majority, of those who embraced it, only assumed the name, received the rite of
baptism, and conformed to some of the external ceremonies of the church, while at heart and in moral
character they were as much heathen as they were before. Error and corruption now came in upon the
church like a flood."
14. What beings of a higher order than man desire to study the truths revealed in the gospel of Christ?
How does godly sorrow for sin manifest itself?
What three definite witnesses of acceptance are mentioned by John?
22. How many of the commandments is it necessary to break in order to become a transgressor of the law?
4. What explanation did Moses give the rulers of Israel concerning the withholding of the manna on the seventh day in the wilderness of Sin, before they reached Sinai?
What special miracle is finally to be performed to deceive men, and fasten them in deception?
Out of what will they be judged?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle