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."
How should the truth ever be cherished?
In what spirit should children obey their parents?
18. Before giving the law at Sinai, what did God say because some of the people went out to gather manna on the seventh day?
Does the New Testament teach the same duty?
Was the Sabbath designed to be a day for public worship?
8. When did the Gentiles request that Paul should repeat the sermon he had preached at Antioch on the Sabbath?
What does the historian say of this legislation?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle