5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third Living Creature 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.

Key Words

• Pair
• Balances

The word – Pair

Strong’s Concordance Ref: ‘pair’

Strong’s Concordance Ref: ‘pair’ 2218

Meanings

• Yoke
• Coupling
• Servitude (law or obligation)

What is it that you as an individual or as a group could be yoked or coupled to?

Servitude – are these the mandates – edicts – doing the right thing?

Locked down at home. Not allowed out unless certain conditions are met. Family time and numbers limited. Forbidden to marry, not allowed to attend loved one’s funerals and such like.

These definitions (yoke, coupling and servitude) will also be expounded on in some manner in horse number four the pale and sick looking horse.

Strong’s Concordance Ref: ‘Balances’

Strong’s Concordance Ref: ‘Balances’ 3976

Strong’s Concordance Ref: ‘Balances’ 4228

Balances seem to be very similar to “pair” in that the rider is yoking-coupling-shackling us to something in servitude.

What could this be?

Is it visible? Again President trump said:

Trump now calling coronavirus fight a ‘war’ with an ‘invisible enemy’ “We’re going to win faster than people think, I hope,” he said.[1]

By Libby Cathey 18 March 2020,

Is it an invisible enemy that the Presidents of the USA Trump and Biden have been talking about?

If it is a shackle, how are we shackled and how do we receive instructions for our servitude?

How are we paid? Are we going to be paid? Paid with what? How do we transact? What type of currency?

These questions are linked to the Red horse and its rider and his sword and will be reviewed in the next paragraph (voice from the midst of the throne) and the fourth horse.

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[1] https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-coronavirus-task-force-economic-public-health-steps/story?id=69646672