How does the false prophet deceive people during the tribulation?
The false prophet deceives people during the tribulation by performing miracles and wonders. He has power to do these signs with the permission of the Antichrist, the political leader of the great world empire, and thereby deceives those dwelling on the earth.
Les explains that in Revelation 13:14 the false prophet deceives those who dwell on the earth. He is given the power to perform miracles and wonders, and he exercises this power with the permission of the Antichrist, the political leader of the great world empire. The false prophet is part of the unholy trinity of the tribulation, along with the Antichrist and Satan. After the thousand years, the beast and false prophet are still in the lake of fire and brimstone, not annihilated, and they go there without the great white throne judgment. The Antichrist's power base begins in the revived Roman Empire, in the geographical area around the Mediterranean and Western Europe.
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.