Are the Antichrist and the false prophet human beings or supernatural figures?
The Antichrist and the false prophet are human beings, not supernatural figures. The text states they are both men, born of women, who rose through the ranks in their respective areas—the beast in politics and the false prophet in world religion. They form an unholy trinity with Satan, but both are men.
Les explains that verse 20 identifies the beast, the Antichrist, and the false prophet, and then emphasizes that they are both men, born of women, having come up through the ranks in their respective areas. The Antichrist rises in politics, while the false prophet rises in some world religion. Les calls this an unholy trinity: Satan is synonymous with God the Father, the false prophet with the Holy Spirit, and the Antichrist with Christ. The false prophet causes people to worship the Antichrist, even as the Holy Spirit leads believers to worship Christ.