The locusts in Revelation 9 are neither symbolic nor helicopters.
THEY ARE DEMONIC CREATURES, and here are the reasons why:
1. The bottomless pit is reserved for demonic spirits and that is from where these apparent locusts ascend.
2. They appear as locusts but have the characteristics of scorpions.
3. They appear as horses and yet are designated as locusts.
4. They have the faces of men and are yet designated as locusts.
5. They have crowns on their heads, which locusts do not have.
6. They have hair as women, and teeth as lions.
7. They have both breastplates as warriors, and wings as angels.
8. They have tails like scorpions, and sting like scorpions
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The king of these demonic spirits is Abbadon, or Apollyon, or the Destroyer, or Satan.
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