The Third Seal

And 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. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

-Revelation 6:5-6

The third beast, which is the beast that has a face like a man said to John “come and see.” The third beast represents wisdom since man is the wisest of all creatures on the earth. So it was the spirit of wisdom and knowledge that was sent to combat the cunning works of the devil in the age of the black horse.

What did the black horse represent? Black represents darkness and evil. “Gross darkness shall be upon this people.” It shows forth the work of the devil in the dark ages when Roman Catholicism ruled the land. The rider, again the antichrist spirit, controlled commerce and finance because he had a pair of balances in his hand. The balances were used for measuring precious metals and various other items.

This black horse rider not only brought  spiritual death, but also held temporal power over the leaders of the world. That power that was held over the temporal (kings and princes) led to spiritual death and many were killed because they would not submit to their false spiritual authority.

Then came a voice from the midst of the four beasts that said, ‘a measure of wheat for a penny’, etc. They controlled the farming and food production in the natural via their power over the monarchs of Europe. But in the spiritual they controlled the use of the bible, the bread of life. They made it illegal for the average person to own a bible. They knew it was dangerous for them if the people did because they would see the deception of their doctrine. The church could not allow the people to get their hands on the word of God so they controlled it and purported to be the arbiters of the bread (word) of God. They charged for mass and took people’s last pennies for their (false) service to them.

Then this same voice that spoke the worlds into existence said, ‘see that you do not hurt the wine and the oil.” Wine speaks of the stimulation that is created when the word of God is revealed and oil speaks of the Holy Spirit. God tells them, ‘you can try to control my words in the bible, but you cannot control the revelation of it nor the new birth in the Holy Spirit.’