Where does the Antichrist get his power, throne, and authority?
The Antichrist receives his power, throne, and authority from the dragon, identified as Satan. Satan gives them to him as the head of the final Roman Empire, the beast government described by John, which is a consortium of nations and a revived Roman Empire.
Les teaches that the dragon, Satan, gives the Antichrist his power, throne, and authority. The Antichrist is the head of the final Roman Empire, the beast government John sees, a consortium of nations with seven heads and ten horns and blasphemous names. Les connects this to Daniel 7, where the same empires appear as a leopard, bear, and lion. He also explains that the deadly wounded head points to the Roman Empire, which died, collapsed, and faded, and is now coming up again—what he calls Western Europe as a revived Roman Empire.