The unholy trinity in Revelation is Satan, the Antichrist, and the false prophet — a counterfeit of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Les Feldick teaches that during the tribulation there will be an unholy trinity, a counterfeit trinity, with Satan as the counterfeit of God the Father, the Antichrist (the beast) as the counterfeit of God the Son, and the false prophet, a religious leader, as the counterfeit of the Holy Spirit in operation. As the Holy Spirit draws people to God the Son, this false prophet will cause people to worship the Antichrist. Revelation 19:20 identifies the beast and the false prophet together after the tribulation has run its course.
Revelation 13:11 — Introduces the second beast, whom Les identifies as the false prophet — the third member of the unholy trinity.
Revelation 19:20 — Names the beast and the false prophet together, confirming the two human figures of the counterfeit trinity.
Revelation 13:13-14 — Documents the false prophet's wonder-working power and his deception of earth-dwellers — the scriptural basis for Les's comparison to the Holy Spirit's legitimate work.
The Bible itself never uses the phrase 'unholy trinity.' What Scripture reveals is a false prophet described as 'another beast coming up out of the earth' (Revelation 13:11). Revelation 13:13 says of him, 'And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,' and Revelation 13:14 adds that he '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.' Then, after the tribulation has run its course, Revelation 19:20 says 'the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him.' The label 'unholy trinity' is Les Feldick's teaching term for these scriptural figures.
Les Feldick teaches that during the tribulation there will be an 'unholy trinity,' a counterfeit trinity running throughout the book of Revelation. In it, Satan is the counterfeit of God the Father, the Antichrist (the beast, a political leader) is the counterfeit of God the Son, and the false prophet — a religious leader who is also part of a world religious system — is the counterfeit of the Holy Spirit. Les says the false prophet counterfeits the Holy Spirit 'not so much in his makeup, but in his operation': just as the Holy Spirit draws people to worship the Son, the false prophet will cause the mass of humanity to worship the Antichrist. Les also emphasizes that the false prophet is an individual man who does great wonders, even making fire come down from heaven, and who deceives those on earth by his miracles — something the Holy Spirit never does. He describes the beast and the false prophet as both men, born of women, rising in the areas of politics and world religion respectively. Finally, Les points to Revelation 19:20 as the place where the Bible clearly delineates these titles: after the tribulation has run its course and Christ has returned, 'the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him.'
Les Feldick identifies the false prophet as the 'another beast' of Revelation 13:11 who comes up out of the earth. He is a man, but he also represents a religious system — not a political government. He works under the cloak of religion and the inspiration of Satan, and he exercises all the power of the first beast before him, causing those who dwell on the earth to worship the Antichrist, the political leader. Revelation 19:20 confirms the title 'false prophet,' describing him as the one 'that wrought miracles before him.'
Les teaches that throughout the book of Revelation there is a counterfeit trinity — something that looks like the original. Satan is the counterfeit of God the Father, the Antichrist (the beast) is the counterfeit of God the Son, and the false prophet is the counterfeit of the Holy Spirit. He specifies that the false prophet is a counterfeit of the Holy Spirit not so much in his makeup as in his operation: as the genuine Spirit of God draws people to God the Son, the false prophet causes people to worship the Antichrist, the counterfeit Son.
Les says the beast and the false prophet are both men, born of women, who come up through the ranks in their respective areas — the Antichrist in politics and the false prophet in some world religion. Revelation 19:20 shows that after the tribulation has run its course and Christ has returned, 'the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him.' Les uses this verse to show where the Bible clearly delineates the titles 'beast' and 'false prophet.'
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didn't know the end from the beginning, but see He never revealed anything that was kept hid in the mind of God. We'll be coming to that sometime down the road, and I'll show it so explicitly again as we have in the past, that God reveals things according to His time frame, and not until.
The Unholy Trinity Defined
Les introduces the phrase 'unholy trinity' and maps each member: Satan counterfeits the Father, the Antichrist counterfeits the Son, and the false prophet counterfeits the Holy Spirit — not in makeup but in operation.
The False Prophet Counterfeits the Holy Spirit's Work
Les shows the parallel: as the Holy Spirit draws people to God the Son, the false prophet will draw people to worship the Antichrist. He also does great wonders, even making fire come down from heaven, and deceives earth-dwellers by his miracles — something the Holy Spirit never does.
Daniel's Dream, the Antichrist & the Mark of the Beast
The Antichrist is the counterfeit of God the Son, and the false prophet, or this individual we're talking about here, the religious leader, is a counterfeit of the Holy Spirit. Now here you see it. As the Holy Spirit today, as the genuine Spirit of God draws people to God the Son, this counterfeit of the Holy Spirit, this religious leader of the tribulation period, causes people to go to a worship…
Both Men in the Unholy Trinity
Les emphasizes that the beast (Antichrist) and the false prophet are both men born of women — one rising in politics, the other in a world religion — and that the false prophet causes people to worship the Antichrist just as the Holy Spirit leads us to worship Christ.
A Counterfeit Trinity Throughout Revelation
Les describes the false prophet as a religious leader under the cloak of religion and the inspiration of Satan who exercises the power of the first beast and causes humanity to worship the Antichrist — a counterfeit of the true Trinity throughout Revelation.
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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.
The Bible's Own Words in Revelation 19:20
Les points to Revelation 19:20 to show where the Bible clearly delineates the beast (the Antichrist) and the false prophet who wrought miracles before him, taken after the tribulation has run its course and Christ has returned.
Revelation 13:11: 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.
Introduces the second beast, whom Les identifies as the false prophet, the religious leader of the tribulation.
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,
The false prophet's counterfeit miracle-working power, which Les says mimics the Holy Spirit's work.
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.
Shows the false prophet deceiving earth-dwellers by his miracles, something the Holy Spirit never does.
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.
The clearest identification of the beast and the false prophet together, after the tribulation's judgments have run their course.
No. The Bible never uses the phrase 'unholy trinity.' Les Feldick uses the term in his teaching to describe the counterfeit trinity of Satan, the Antichrist, and the false prophet during the tribulation period. The scriptural basis is found in Revelation 13 and Revelation 19:20.
Satan, the Antichrist, and the false prophet. Les teaches that Satan is the counterfeit of God the Father, the Antichrist (the beast) is the counterfeit of God the Son, and the false prophet is the counterfeit of the Holy Spirit in operation.
Because of the way he operates. As the Holy Spirit draws people to worship the Son, this false prophet will cause people to worship the Antichrist. He performs miracles — even making fire come down from heaven — and deceives those on earth, which the Holy Spirit never does.
Les says that during the tribulation there will be an unholy trinity, a counterfeit trinity, and he points out that Revelation presents a counterfeit trinity throughout the book. Revelation 19:20 shows the beast and the false prophet being taken after the tribulation has run its course and Christ has returned.
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