God in their minds for five months, hence the seasonal time of the locust, May to September. This ‘stinging’ is not literal, for it represents the power of the locusts to ‘deceive’ men spiritually into worshipping the wrong Messiah, Satan who comes first. This will happen when Satan sits in the rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem.2 Thess 2: Isaiah 14: Ezekiel 28.

Isa 5:27   None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

     This ‘locust army’ will come swiftly to deceive with full strength, for Satan knows that he has a short time. But the elect of God, will not be deceived, nor sleep during that time, for they have a special mission to fulfil. There is a parallel to God's elect being under our Father's protection during Satan's tribulation Matthew 24: Mark 13 Luke 21:

 You'll find in... Rev.6:6: And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny; and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

 

That they are to "...hurt not the oil and the wine." That word 'oil' is 'elaion' in the Greek, meaning 'olive oil' (Strong's 1637). This 'oil' and the 'wine' are symbols for Christ's people, as the olive oil is the 'anointing oil', and the 'wine', a symbol for Christ's blood shed upon the cross.

Isa 5:28    Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

Isa 5:29    Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

     All of this is metaphor. God is using these figures of speech to impress in the mind the seriousness of the matter of waiting for the True Messiah, Jesus Christ. For those who don’t, and worship the first messiah who claims to fly the people away, the whole affair is going to be like spiritual lions ripping souls apart Rev.9:

For a further description of this locust army. The ‘arrows’ of this locust army are the ‘fiery darts’ of Satan, i.e., lies, deceptions, etc. God warns His people of this time and how to prepare for battle. Let’s turn to Ephesians 6:

Eph 6:12   For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

     The idea behind this flesh world we live in is a spiritual war. We are part of that war. There are only two sides, and I’m going to explain it this way: you can be with God or against God, for He also created the angel called Satan, and controls him. There are those in the flesh who follow God and thus know of His presence in their lives, and further, gain knowledge of a spiritual existence separate from this physical. There are those also who practice the negative side (followers of Satan), or pervert the power of God's Law, and by this, they know of the presence of spiritual evil, also separate from this flesh existence. Both sides know that the other exists and that God is real. Even in heaven, there is a separation between the sides or realms... Luke 16: Read All.

 

...of God and Satan. This separation began after Satan's rebellion (see Gen.1 with 'Day' and 'Night'), and will continue until the final Kingdom (the eternity after God's Millennium) is set up on earth again, as it was in the Paradise of Genesis. Now here's the question: where does this place those in the flesh who don't recognize, or admit that this 'spiritual war' is reality and not myth? If you know this, it's time to stop messing' around and help others that have been given to know this also.

Eph.6:13    Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.