In reading Proverbs this morning the following scripture (30:27) led me to consider other references to the locust.Proverbs 30:27 The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands;The locust army have no visible king but they are in strong bands. So...they have no ruler, perhaps meaning they aren't in just one nation but are all over the world working their iniquity or....their only leader, the one they give allegiance to, is not yet here physically but in spirit only.Revelation 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth; and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have powerIn the time of the end the locust army is given power. Their power is given by God...a power to sting with the poison of deceit, deception, lies, false doctrine, etc.Revelation 9:11 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.When Satan is released he is the king of the locust army (odd that their king in 9:11 is the same one that led those of the 9/11 attacks).It appears to me that those "bands of locusts" are at work now..........Whirlwind