But the seven seals are composed of four followed by three. Since the seven churches are arranged into two groups of three and four, they are declining. Three followed by four means a falling from a desirable condition in God into the condition of man. Four followed by three means man’s progression in drawing near to God. Three is the number of God, and four is the number of man. Many times it is also made up of six plus one. The Bible divides the number seven into four plus three or three plus four. "The beasts" indicate a very serious judgment of God (Num. One fourth of the people on the earth are killed by the sword of the red horse, by the famine of the black horse, by the death of the pale horse, and by the beasts. Hades here is like a trash can (the dead people are like garbage). "Hades" in the original language means the unseen world. This is why the name of the one riding on the pale horse is "Death." The word "death" in the second part of the verse can be translated "pestilence." Therefore, we interpret it as "pestilence" here also. A green complexion indicates either sickness or death. ![]() The word "pale" here is the same as the word "green" in Mark 6:39 and Revelation 8:7 and 9:4. And authority was given to them over the fourth part of the earth to kill with the sword and with famine and with death and by the beasts of the earth." And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and he who sits upon it, his name is Death and Hades followed with him. ![]() "And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come. They come in greater numbers as the days go by. In the past two thousand years, wars, famine, earthquakes, and so forth have occurred more frequently as the time draws nearer. At the same time, grape vines and olive trees are preserved by God. During the time of famine, even oil and wine cannot be wasted. "Do not harm the oil and the wine." This shows that at other times they were not considered food and were "harmed." But now, even the oil and the wine should not be harmed. "Three choenixes of barley for a denarius." Normally, the ratio of the value of barley to wheat is one to two, but here it becomes a ratio of one to three (2 Kings 7:16 and 18 record a ratio of one to two). ![]() It is only one person’s wage because in Matthew 20:2 the pay for a laborer is a denarius a day. "A choenix of wheat for a denarius." A denarius is a person’s wages for one day’s labor. Balances are used to weigh precious things, but here a balance is used for measuring wheat. In the Bible, wheat is measured and not weighed. And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying: A choenix of wheat for a denarius and three choenixes of barley for a denarius and do not harm the oil and the wine." And I saw, and behold, a black horse and he who sits on it had a balance in his hand. "And when He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come.
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