The false prophet will deceive the people of the earth through supernatural miracles and wonders performed in the sight of the Antichrist.
Revelation 13 shows the false prophet doing great wonders, even bringing fire from heaven, and using those miracles to deceive those who dwell on the earth. He also makes an image of the beast and gives life to it, drawing people to worship the Antichrist. Les Feldick emphasizes that these are satanic miracles, not works of God, performed by a human religious leader who becomes a tool of Satan.
Revelation 13:13-14 — These verses directly describe the false prophet's deceptive miracles and how he uses them to deceive those who dwell on the earth.
Revelation 19:20 — This verse identifies the false prophet by name and confirms he deceived those who received the mark and worshipped the beast's image.
Revelation 13:11-15 describes a second beast — the false prophet — coming up out of the earth. He exercises all the power of the first beast and causes the earth and those who dwell therein to worship the first beast. He does great wonders, even making fire come down from heaven in the sight of men, and by those miracles he deceives those who dwell on the earth. He also tells them to make an image to the beast and gives life to that image, so that it can speak and cause all who refuse to worship it to be killed. Revelation 19:20 later names this miracle-worker as the false prophet and says he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image.
Les Feldick teaches that the false prophet is an ordinary human being, born of a woman and raised like any other child, who becomes a tool of Satan along with the Antichrist. He is not a political emperor but a religious leader who heads a global religious system. In the counterfeit trinity of the tribulation, Les sees Satan as the counterfeit of God the Father, the Antichrist as the counterfeit of God the Son, and the false prophet as the counterfeit of the Holy Spirit — not in his makeup, but in his operation. The false prophet's miracles are satanic in origin, and Les warns that just because something is a miracle does not mean it is from God. By performing these wonders in the sight of the beast, the false prophet deceives earth-dwellers into worshipping the Antichrist and his image.
The Bible says the false prophet will do great wonders, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men (Revelation 13:13). Les Feldick explains that this miracle-working power is not from God; Satan has tremendous miracle-working power and will use it during the tribulation. The false prophet will use miracles to convince the human race that he is the truth, even though he is a counterfeit.
According to Revelation 13:14, he deceives them that dwell on the earth by means of those miracles. Revelation 19:20 specifies that he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. Les Feldick says this religious leader will cause the mass of humanity to worship the political leader, the Antichrist, who is a counterfeit of the Son.
Les teaches that the false prophet is the counterfeit of the Holy Spirit in operation. Just as the Holy Spirit points men to God the Son, this false prophet will point the people of that day to the Antichrist. He heads up a global religion and exercises the power of the first beast before the political leader, working hand in glove with him.
False Prophet Identified from Revelation 19:20
Les shows that the false prophet is a human being who becomes a tool of Satan and who wrought miracles in the presence of the beast, deceiving those with the mark and those who worshipped the image.
Miracles in Sight of the Beast
Les explains that the false prophet's satanic miracles are done in the sight of the beast, and he causes earth-dwellers to worship the Antichrist and make an image, just as Nebuchadnezzar built his image.
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream That Predicted Every World Empire — Daniel 2
Now I'm always emphasizing, just because it's a miracle, don't say that's God. Satan has tremendous miracle-working power, and he's going to really do it here during the tribulation. And so he has the miracles in the sight of the beast. Now remember these are two great world leaders. These aren't animals. These are men.
Great Wonders and Deception
Les says the false prophet will do great wonders, including fire from heaven, to convince the world he is the truth, and by those miracles he deceives those who dwell on the earth.
Counterfeit of the Holy Spirit
Les identifies the false prophet as a religious system leader who is the counterfeit of the Holy Spirit in the tribulation's unholy trinity.
Global Religion Points to Antichrist
Les teaches that this religious leader heads a global religion and, like the Holy Spirit pointing to Christ, points the people of his day to the Antichrist.
Exercising the Beast's Power
Les shows the false prophet exercising all the power of the political leader, working together with him, and causing the world to worship the Antichrist.
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream That Predicted Every World Empire — Daniel 2
And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him, which is the political leader, the Antichrist, and they're going to be working hand in glove now, remember. And so he exercises all the power of that first beast before him, and he causeth the earth and them who dwell therein to worship the first beast, or the first man of power.
Revelation 13:12: And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
This verse shows the false prophet using the Antichrist's authority to turn the world toward worshipping the beast.
Revelation 13:13: And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
This verse records the spectacular miracle that the false prophet uses to convince humanity.
Revelation 13:14: 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.
This is the clearest statement of how the false prophet deceives: by miracles performed before the beast and by commanding an image to be made.
Revelation 13:15: And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
This verse describes the false prophet giving life and speech to the beast's image, forcing worship under threat of death.
Revelation 19:20: And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
This verse identifies the false prophet explicitly and summarizes the deceiving work he did with miracles.
Yes, Scripture says he does great wonders and even makes fire come down from heaven (Revelation 13:13). Les Feldick emphasizes that these are satanic miracles, not works of God, because Satan has tremendous miracle-working power.
Revelation 13:14 says he deceives those who dwell on the earth, and Revelation 19:20 specifically names those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. Les says he will cause the mass of humanity to worship the Antichrist.
Les Feldick explains from Revelation 19:20 that the false prophet is a man, born of a woman and raised like any other child, who becomes a tool of Satan. He is a religious leader, not a political emperor.
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