What is the role of the false prophet during the tribulation?
The false prophet during the tribulation is a false religious leader and counterfeit Holy Spirit who performs miracles to deceive humanity into worshiping the Antichrist. He directs people to make an image of the Antichrist, gives life to it, and unites the world's religions under that worship.
Les explains that the false prophet is a man, one of two great world leaders, not an animal, but bestial in personality because he will be ruthless toward humanity. This false Holy Spirit, a false religious leader, works with Satan's miracle-working power during the tribulation, performing miracles in the sight of the beast. He causes the people of the earth to worship the Antichrist, who is a counterfeit of the Son, and tells them to make an image to the Antichrist. Like Nebuchadnezzar's centralized image, the Antichrist and false prophet consort to amalgamate all the world's religions into worship of one great image. The false prophet has power to give life to that image, which Les notes is not beyond present technology.