What were the colour and character of the fourth symbol?
Answer
"And when He had opened the fourth seal, . . . behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was
Death, and Hell [Greek, Hades, the grave] followed with him. And power was given unto them over the
fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the
earth." Verses 7, 8.
NOTE - This is an unnatural color for a horse. The original denotes the pole or yellowish color
seen in blighted plants. The symbol evidently refers to the work of persecution and death carried on by the
Roman Church against the people of God from the time of the beginning of papal supremacy in AD. 538 to
the time when the Reformers commenced their work of exposing the true character of the Papacy, and a
check was placed upon this work of death.
What did the prophet say Christ would be called to endure?
What is the character of a child who will not listen to his father's instruction?
13. After the accumulation of the sins of the year in this way, what service took place on the tenth day of the seventh month of each year?
To whom has execution of judgment been committed?
18. Answering the question as to what would be the sign of His coming and the end of the world, what did Christ say?
What was Job's confidence concerning Christ's coming?
What promises are made to those who consider the poor?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle