V.5-6 c) 3rd seal - Currency Crack - The black horseman with scales: FAMINE I. A black horse because of the poverty he would bring. Lam.4:7-8; 5:10 II. Third seal connected to Christ’ s Olivet sermon. Matt.24:7 III. The rider had a pair of scales. Lev.26:25-33; Ezek.4:10,11,16 A. It suggest a control of commodity prices, global ration control B. Antichrist will control the economy. Rev.13:17 IV. The need of man: A. A quart of wheat (Food of servants) it’ s enough for one meal. B. Three quart of barley (Food of Cattle) its enough for three meals. C. A denarius was one-day wage for a worker. Matt.20:1-10 D. Just enough food to survive but not enough for his family. E. At the time John lived a normal day wages could at least bring him 12 times more food. F. This comes about perhaps through a severe dry drought. Job 31:6 V. The luxury of man: The luxury of man: Oil and wine would not be touched by the famine.