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 was God's design in thus giving the Scriptures?
How fully are we thus united with Christ in His experience of death and resurrection?
How did He encourage His disciples to look for the fulfilment of prophecy?
What was to he accomplished at the close of the seventy weeks?
What determines whose servants we are?
What title was given to the fourth state of the church?
How did Job treat the poor?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle