Douggg, I believe that the Little Horn is a wicked and evil, fallen heavenly host and as such the Little Horn being a heavenly host can live for eternity and can exercise his influence over people since his first appearance in the scriptures up and until he is dispatched into the Lake of Fire. While the Little Horn/False Prophet is imprisoned in the Bottomless pit he is not able to exercise any influence over people.
Where does it say the little horn person is a heavenly host ? "host" as used in the text is a group of persons, not one person.
In Daniel 8:12, it says a host was given him against the daily sacrifice. The host just means an army that the little horn person will have command of.
Daniel 8:9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant
land.
10 And it waxed great,
even to the host of heaven; and it cast down
some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
[the host of heaven - is talking about the people of Israel, as they are being compared to the stars]
11 Yea, he magnified
himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily
sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
12
And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain
saint which spake, How long
shall be the vision
concerning the daily
sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred
days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.