What will the false religious leader do in the end times?
The false religious leader will perform miracles in the sight of the beast, cause the people of the earth to worship the Antichrist, and tell them to make an image of the Antichrist. He will amalgamate the world’s religions around one great image and has power to give life to that image.
Les explains that Satan has tremendous miracle-working power, and the false religious leader will really do miracles during the tribulation in the sight of the beast. These are two great world leaders, not animals, though they are bestial in their personalities because they will be ruthless toward humanity. This false Holy Spirit, this false religious leader, will cause the people of the earth to worship the Antichrist, who is a counterfeit of the Son. He will say to those dwelling on the earth that they should make an image to or of the Antichrist. Just as Nebuchadnezzar built a great image to centralize the world’s worship, the Antichrist and the false prophet will consort together to amalgamate all the religions of the world and make people worship one great image. The religious leader has power to give life to that image, which Les notes is not stretching beyond present technology, citing work on a Japanese living cell computer.