What is the unholy trinity during the tribulation?
During the tribulation, the unholy trinity is a counterfeit trinity: Satan counterfeits God the Father, the Antichrist counterfeits God the Son, and the false prophet—the religious leader—counterfeits the Holy Spirit, not in makeup but in operation. The false prophet is another beast coming up out of the earth, a man and a religious system.
Les explains that during the tribulation there will be an unholy trinity, a counterfeit trinity. Satan is the counterfeit of God the Father, the Antichrist is the counterfeit of God the Son, and the false prophet, the religious leader, is the counterfeit of the Holy Spirit—not so much in his makeup but in his operation. In verse 11, this false prophet is described as another beast, not the same as the Antichrist. He is a man but also a system, not a political government but a religious system. The Antichrist is described as having come up out of the sea, while the false prophet comes up out of the earth. Les notes that the book of Revelation deals primarily with the nation of Israel, God dealing with His covenant people once again in preparation for His return, though all Gentile nations will be affected. It concerns Israel's seven-year treaty that sets the time factor for these events.
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
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What is the unholy trinity in the end times?
Satan, the Antichrist, and the false prophet form an 'unholy trinity': Satan is like God the Father, the false prophet is like the Holy Spirit, and the Antichrist is like Christ.