January 31, 2008 1:51 PM
Sam wrote:
Revelation 6. Am not even going to attempt to 'figure out' what these horses and men on them 'mean'. What I find interesting is the use of color to denote the differences (red, black, pale and white). I had to look up the word pale to see what they meant (NASB says 'ashen') and kinda guess it meant simply a dull color, or lacking in color. Maybe like an off-white, I should guess. Colors were used to distinguish the difference in the horses, just like it is used to day to distinguish between people. A black man, a white (caucasian) man, a red man, a brown man.....what a shame. These horses were probably of different heights, strenghts, types of mane or tails, or length/width of ears, hoofs, legs, etc, but COLOR was used as the ONLY mentioned difference. A lesson to be learned I think is that by COLOR you really can't tell much about a person...maybe his nationality or blood-line, but certainly little else. Same with horses. Why was death on the ashen pony? I don't know. Why was black the color of the "judge's" horse. I don't know and don't care. Same as I don't care what color skin a certain main might have. Sure, it is hard not to get 'ideas' about someone because of their 'color', but oh how wrong we are. The only way to really get to know someone is not by the color of their skin, but the 'color' of their heart. You can't find that out by prejudging people, you have to get to know them, their actions, their stories, their families, etc. It is natural, I say natural. knowing it is still wrong, that people migrate toward other people who are similar in certain ways. Too bad we use color as one of the first deliminators to determine who are friends are going to be. Oh to be color blind....what a dream. Reply to this
Revelation 6. Am not even going to attempt to 'figure out' what these horses and men on them 'mean'. What I find interesting is the use of color to denote the differences (red, black, pale and white). I had to look up the word pale to see what they meant (NASB says 'ashen') and kinda guess it meant simply a dull color, or lacking in color. Maybe like an off-white, I should guess. Colors were used to distinguish the difference in the horses, just like it is used to day to distinguish between people. A black man, a white (caucasian) man, a red man, a brown man.....what a shame. These horses were probably of different heights, strenghts, types of mane or tails, or length/width of ears, hoofs, legs, etc, but COLOR was used as the ONLY mentioned difference. A lesson to be learned I think is that by COLOR you really can't tell much about a person...maybe his nationality or blood-line, but certainly little else. Same with horses. Why was death on the ashen pony? I don't know. Why was black the color of the "judge's" horse. I don't know and don't care. Same as I don't care what color skin a certain main might have. Sure, it is hard not to get 'ideas' about someone because of their 'color', but oh how wrong we are. The only way to really get to know someone is not by the color of their skin, but the 'color' of their heart. You can't find that out by prejudging people, you have to get to know them, their actions, their stories, their families, etc. It is natural, I say natural. knowing it is still wrong, that people migrate toward other people who are similar in certain ways. Too bad we use color as one of the first deliminators to determine who are friends are going to be. Oh to be color blind....what a dream.
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