Strange Locusts
In Revelation chapter 9 and Joel 2 we see some very strange creatures. Revelation says:
Rev 9:1-11
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkend by reason of the smoke of the pit.
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle;
Notice here that the locusts are not horses, but like horses prepared for battle. In other words they were equipped with battle gear. What was this battle gear?
and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
Note the crowns of power are given to them, but these crowns are only look like gold.
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Why is because they are locusts. Earlier in the chapter it says, "And there came out of the smoke locusts." It doesn't say they were "like" locusts. It says that they they were locusts. With thousands of them flying into the air, it would create a huge rushing sound like "chariots of many horses running to battle."
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Here we see that they attack mankind for five months.
One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
So the man like locusts were the first woe, not the horsemen come which is the second woe.
And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone:
The NIV reads:
"The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur."
In the armed forces, all the battle machines are painted dull colors in order to blend in to the terrain. Here we see the opposite!
and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions;
I do not know of any military equipment that resembles heads of lions.
and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
Tails with serpent like heads? as you can see these are very strange creatures! Now let's get an even closer look at the locusts in question.
Joel 2:3-10
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
This is very strange. Notice that they appear as horsemen and as horses. It says here "so shall they run." Who runs? The horses, or the riders. Horses are mentioned first so therefore it can not be referring to the horses running. And why would the riders need to run since they ride the horses?
Clearly the two appear to blend together. In my mind, I see this as a picture of some kind of genetic centar. A centar is a body that is half human and half horse which comes from Greek mythology
5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war;
These strange soldiers have the noise of chariots like the locusts in Revelation. They also have the ability to leap like locusts and climb walls.
Joel 2:8-10
They do not push one another; every one marches in his own column. Though they lunge between the weapons, they are not cut down.
They run to and fro in the city, they run on the wall; they climb into the houses, they enter at the windows like a thief.
The earth quakes before them, the heavens tremble; the sun and moon grow dark, and the stars diminish their brightness.
(NKJ)
This army is unstoppable! They can not even be wounded! My conclusion is that the locusts are materialized demons who are granted power to terrorize mankind.
In Revelation 9:1 it states that the locusts come from the bottomless pit. Also the 200 million horsemen are a manifestation of the four angels that are bound at the great Euphrates river, Rev. 9:14-17.
Note that these are not the Kings of the East seen in Rev. 16:12. These horsemen are not led by the four angels, they are led by the unholy trinity of satan, the antichrist, and the false prophet.They also from the earth since the Euphrates river has to be dried up first in order to allow the horsemen to physically pass.
This will be a time of horror that will completely shake mankind to his bones. The Bible states that they will have heart attacks upon seeing the horror that is coming into the world. They will run to the caves and beg to be crushed to death rather than face the wrath of the Lamb.
For us believers the bottom line is this. We won't be there!
God tells us to
"...wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come."
1Thes 1:10
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