Revelation 6:5 Revelation 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. Here followeth another dispensation of God in the way of his divine providence; and therefore in the opening of this third seal Christ hath a third sort of his ministers; that is, the third living creature, who had his face like a man. \ The deacons who served tables. \ They invited John to come and see. And behold, and lo, a black horse, &c, by this black horse, we may understand scarcity of food, some kind of famine. \ And with this interpretation agrees the emblem of the pair of balances in the hand of the rider. \ And they shall eat bread by weight, &c. \ And they shall deliver you your bread by weight. But yet they might buy both wheat and barley with money, as appears in the next verse.