Revelation

THE BOOK OF REVELATION: M. M. NINAN
THE THIRD SEAL
THIRD RIDER ON BLACK HORSE
FAMINE
Rev 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.”
The presence of the pair of scales indicates the commerce. The voice explains the meaning that they
controlled peoples lives. This denarius was the most common Roman coin in earlier New Testament
times. At the time that Apostle John it was the equivalent of a laborer's daily wage as indicated in
Matthew 20:2. Barley and Wheat being staple food, the cost indicates an inflation. Do not damage oil and
wine also indicates scarcity of oil and wine.
COMPARISON OF CHRIST'S "OLIVET DISCOURSE" AND REVELATION SIX"
3 rd SEAL
FAMINES
REV. 6:5-6
5 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.6 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.
MATT 24:7
and there shall be famines,
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