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."
After the Flood, what came in consequence of further apostasy from God?
Did God's chosen people receive Christ when He came?
How freely was the Holy Spirit bestowed upon Him?
What cheering message has Christ sent to His people touching His resurrection?
Seeking a fair remuneration, what do many laborers do?
How much do the dead know of what is going on among men?
How does the Lord regard kindness shown to the poor?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle