The Identity of Abaddon
In the Book of Revelation ( 9:1-11 ), when the Apostle John sees his vision of the fifth trumpet blowing, a vast horde of demonic horsemen is seen arising from the newly opened abyss.
They are sent forth to torment the unfortunate inhabitants of earth, but not to kill them. They have a ruler over them, called a king (basileia [basileiva]), the angel of the abyss, whose name is given in both Hebrew and Greek. In Hebrew it is Abaddon and in Greek Apollyon, both words meaning Destroyer or Destruction.
The word only occurs once in the New Testament ( Rev 9:11 ) and only five times in the Old Testament (Job 26:6 ; 28:22 ; 31:12 ; Psalm 88:11 ; Prov 15:11 ). In Psalm 88:11 Destruction is parallel to the grave; in Job 26:6 and Proverbs 26:6 it is parallel to Sheol; in Job 28:22 it is parallel to Death. job 31:12 says sin is a fire that burns to destruction. So in the Old Testament Abaddon means the place of utter ruin, death, desolation, or destruction.
The angel of the abyss is called Destruction or Destroyer because his task is to oversee the devastation of the inhabitants of the earth.
Although Satan has gone by many names, Apollyon is not one of them. Abaddon appears to be a demon who works under him who rules an Abyss full of locusts that will arrive onstage during the Final Days. The locusts will bite, sting, or cause pain to those who do not believe in the Lord Jesus.
And it goes to the 1 Enoch:
Apollyon = Abaddon = Azazel
Both Apollyon and Abaddon mean "destroyer". In the Book of Enoch it is Azazel who specifically taught mankind to make the instruments of war. These instruments were subsequently used to decimate the children of Azazel and the other angels' children after Azazel was bound in the Abyss. Azazel is the first wicked angel we know of that was imprisoned in the Abyss, before all others.
The angel Azazel is what the Book of Revelation calls, "the angel of the Abyss" (Rev. 9:11).
