The document discusses different armies mentioned in the Bible. It analyzes the army referenced in Joel 2:11 and distinguishes it from the locust army in Revelation 9. The army in Joel 2:11 is described as being made up of people and men, rather than locusts, and riding horses with riders rather than having the faces of men. The document then examines other references to armies in the Bible that are described as riding asses versus horses to further understand the nature of the army mentioned in Joel 2:11.

1. Joel 2:11
And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is
strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and
who can abide it?
His army different than
v25 ‘my great army’ in ref. to locust (Joel 1:4-6) 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 caterpiller eaten.
5) Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut
off from your mouth.
6) 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.
(Rev 9:1-11) And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was
given the key of the bottomless pit.
2) And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great
furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
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 power.
4) 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.
5) And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five
months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6) And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall
flee from them.
7) 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.
8) And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9) 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.
10) And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt
men five months.
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.
Joel 2:1-11 not the same army because it’s not locusts:
 People
(Joel 2:2) 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.
 Men
(Joel 2:7) They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march
every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:

2.  Not horses with the face of men (Rev. 9:7); these horses have riders
(Joel 2:4) The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
(Rev 9:7) 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.
The army of 2:11
(Hab 3:11-16) The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at
the shining of thy glittering spear.
12) Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
13) Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou
woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
14) Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to
scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
15) Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
16) When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and
I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will
invade them with his troops.
(Rev 6:12-17) And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and
the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13) And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is
shaken of a mighty wind.
14) And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were
moved out of their places.
15) And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the
mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the
mountains;
16) And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the
throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17) For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
(Rev 19:11) And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called
Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12) His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that
no man knew, but he himself.
13) And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14) And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.
15) And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule
them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16) And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

3. (Song 1:9) I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
(Song 6:10) Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as
an army with banners?
(Song 6:13) Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the
Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
(Ps 149:6) Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
7) To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
8) To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
9) To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
(Jude 1:14) And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh
with ten thousands of his saints,
The army on asses
(Judg 5:10) Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way
(Judg 10:4) And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called
Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
(Judg 12:14) And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he
judged Israel eight years.
(Deut 17:15-16) Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one
from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is
not thy brother.
16) But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he
should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more
that way.
(Josh 11:6) And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time
will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with
fire.
(1Kgs 1:33) The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my
son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
(2Sam 13:29) And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the
king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.

4. (2Sam 18:9) And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went
under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up
between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
(1Kgs 10:28) And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received
the linen yarn at a price.
The army on horses
Joseph (type of Church)
(Gen 47:17) And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for
horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread
for all their cattle for that year.
(2Kgs 5:9) So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of
Elisha.
(Hab 3:15) Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
(Hab 3:16) When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my
bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the
people, he will invade them with his troops.
(Rev 19:14) And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen,
white and clean.