THE LOCUST ARMY

Watering the Garden
THE LOCUST ARMY

The Bible speaks of a powerful group of people that are to appear on the scene in the latter days. They are described as being strong, having the power to rip apart as a lion and causing days of darkness upon the earth. The palmerworm and the cankerworm are different stages of the locust. On their heads they have crowns which indicate they have power. These “locusts” are to completely strip bare the people. This brings to mind the words of Jesus to Peter when he stated that Satan wished to “sift him as wheat”.

Joel instructs the people to pass this information on from generation to generation.

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten. (Joel 1:3-4)

They are going to desecrate or strip his vine, the church.

For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. (Joel 1:6-7)

God admonishes his followers to blow the trumpet and warn the people that these enemies are more powerful then any have ever been throughout all history. These are to be a facet of the “Day of the Lord”.

Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. (Joel 2:1-2)

In the book of Revelation we find that they are given power resembling a scorpion. How does a scorpion operate? He regurgitates on has pray and they become as mush. Remember these are men and they can only harm those that do not have the seal of God.

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. (Revelation 9:3-4)

These locusts are prepared for battle. The have power and they appear as glorious princes of the people but note they will only be able to be in control for five months. The same amount of time as an actual locusts which is May through September. Their leader is also revealed; Abaddon and Apollyon which means destroyer.

And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. 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. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails; and their power was to hurt men 5 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. (Revelation 9:7-11)

Let's take a look at what the Hebrew and Greek Dictionary has to say concerning LOCUST AND LOCUSTS.
First used in Old Testament as Locusts and in the
New Testament as locust.

HEBREW Meaning of word (arbeh) #697 in Strong’s Concordance Hebrew Dictionary
PRONOUNCED - arbeh
a kind of locust, locust swarm

From root word etymology 7235 which means:
1) Be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous

GREEK Meaning of word (akris) #200 in Strong’s Concordance Greek Dictionary
PRONOUNCED – a-kre
Description is interesting:
1) a locust, particularly that species which especially infests oriental countries, stripping fields and trees. Numberless swarms of them almost every spring are carried by the wind from Arabia into Palestine, and having devastated that country, migrate to regions farther north, until they perish by falling into the sea. The Orientals accustomed to feed upon locusts, either raw or roasted and seasoned with salt (or prepared in other ways), and the Israelites also were permitted to eat them.

Could this be the Arab Spring? Could they be swarming? We as Christians need to be watching and praying.


Our Father gives this promise concerning the Locusts army. “And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.” Joel 2:25 It is interesting to note that God states he sent them among us.

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
We have learned that during the time of the "Day of the Lord", an army of powerful men called locusts will appear along with and given power by the anti-christ for 5 months and bring harm to those who do not have the seal of God in their foreheads.

Our Father appreciates the fact that you are trying. May God’s blessing be upon this
study of His word, Amen.
Susan