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 solemn charge was given him concerning his public work?
Upon what ground were the previous promises then renewed to Abraham?
What question did others raise in opposition to this view?
6. What prayer of Christ shows that the redemption of a lost world trembled in the balance in that terrible hour?
What does the Sabbath commandment require?
What besides creation were Israel to remember when they kept the Sabbath?
How numerous are these wicked spirits, or fallen angels?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle