SEVEN SEALS (3): BLACK HORSE (REVELATION 6:5-6)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Revelation
a) John wrote Revelation while a prisoner on the Island of Patmos, approximately 85-95 A.D. Its purpose is to give encouragement and hope for all Christians to continue watching for the return and triumph of the Lord Jesus Christ. It also is to warn of the Final Judgment that nonbelievers will endure on that Last Day.
b) John wrote that Revelation is special because,“Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near” (Revelation 1:3).
c) A brief view of the Book of Revelation. It gives you some basic understanding of the book of Revelation.
2. The Third Seal (The Black Horse)
Revelation 6:5-6
5 When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.”
3. The Lamb Opens The Third Seal
Revelation 6:5-6
5 When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.”
3. The Lamb Opens The Third Seal
a) We now look at the third horse and its rider among “the four horses of the apocalypse”. This is the black horse whose rider is carrying weighing scales.
b) The Lamb Opens the third seal. The third living creature calls to John, “Come!”. John sees the third horseman on a black horse carrying a pair of scales with which to merchandise.
4. Third Creature Speaks
a) The third creature had a face like a man (Revelation 4:7). This symbolizes that Jesus was a human being, "the Son of Man". A significant feature of Jesus's life on earth was that he lived lowly without earthly wealth (Matthew 8:20).
5. Third Rider On Black Horse
a) The rider with the scales represents commerce and the economic system with all of its problems such as corruption, poverty, debt, inflation, boom and bust, unemployment, financial loss, etc. The scene in the vision represents economic calamity by the voice of a merchant selling small amounts of grain for a denarius (a day's wage), and with-holding oil and wine from sale. Economic crisis is a another tribulation common throughout human history, and will continue for the entire gospel age until Jesus comes.
6. Christians And The Economic System
a) The following scripture chain will show how Christians should consider the love of money and how they should fit in to the world of commerce and react to financial troubles.
i) Proverbs 11:1, 1 Timothy 3:3, 1 Timothy 6:9-10, Matthew 6:19-20, Philippians 4:11, Romans 13:8, Ephesians 1:18, Romans 8:16-18.
The End ...
b) The Lamb Opens the third seal. The third living creature calls to John, “Come!”. John sees the third horseman on a black horse carrying a pair of scales with which to merchandise.
4. Third Creature Speaks
a) The third creature had a face like a man (Revelation 4:7). This symbolizes that Jesus was a human being, "the Son of Man". A significant feature of Jesus's life on earth was that he lived lowly without earthly wealth (Matthew 8:20).
5. Third Rider On Black Horse
a) The rider with the scales represents commerce and the economic system with all of its problems such as corruption, poverty, debt, inflation, boom and bust, unemployment, financial loss, etc. The scene in the vision represents economic calamity by the voice of a merchant selling small amounts of grain for a denarius (a day's wage), and with-holding oil and wine from sale. Economic crisis is a another tribulation common throughout human history, and will continue for the entire gospel age until Jesus comes.
6. Christians And The Economic System
a) The following scripture chain will show how Christians should consider the love of money and how they should fit in to the world of commerce and react to financial troubles.
i) Proverbs 11:1, 1 Timothy 3:3, 1 Timothy 6:9-10, Matthew 6:19-20, Philippians 4:11, Romans 13:8, Ephesians 1:18, Romans 8:16-18.
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