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."
8. How did Christ show from the Scriptures that the promised Saviour of the world must be both human and divine?
What do those born of God not do?
What did Moses set forth as the basis of righteousness?
Why are we admonished to fear God and keep His commandments?
What are all admonished to do when these signs have appeared?
What will be the first plague, and upon whom will it fall?
What did He say to the woman of Samaria as to the source of salvation?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle