The Spirit gives us a detailed up-front and personal description of the locust-like demonic army that escapes from the Abyss. They have a king over them, and his name in Hebrew is Destruction (or destroying angel) and in Greek, it is the Destroyer. This is the demon that will possess the man we call the Antichrist (although the man is never mentioned in Revelation, only the demonic spirit that possesses him). Throughout, this demonic spirit is called the “Beast”
The Beast is not the dragon (or Satan), for the dragon gives the Beast his throne, power, and great authority; hence, supercharging the Beast. The dragon (Satan) is NOT the Beast.
The locust-like demons are in effect the Beast’s personal security detail and their job is to torture those in his kingdom to keep them in line. They are the Beast’s enforcers. They are described by 8 similes.
They are like horses prepared for battle—they are going to war. They have crowns of victory like gold. They are deceivers. They have faces of men and are high ranking demons who deceive mankind. They had hair like women, teeth like lions, and breastplates like iron. But their true power is in their tails, it is the power of prophetic deception, and their sting is torturous. For 5 months people will writhe in pain and agony.
