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."
What are the Scriptures able to do for one who believes them?
18. When asked by the rich young man the conditions of eternal life, to what did Jesus direct his attention?
What was foretold of His treatment while on the cross?
What Christian ordinance has been given as a memorial of Christ's burial and resurrection?
To what did Gabriel now direct Daniel's attention?
Does He afflict to leave the one chastened in despair?
What divine law of retroaction attends giving?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle