The false prophet is a human religious leader, used by Satan, who works alongside the Antichrist and is specifically named 'the false prophet' in Revelation 19:20.
Les Feldick teaches that the false prophet is the religious leader of the unholy trinity, a counterfeit of the Holy Spirit. He performs miracles in the sight of the beast, deceives the world, and causes people to worship the Antichrist. Revelation 19:20 is the point where the title 'false prophet' is explicitly attached to him.
Revelation 19:20 — This is the verse where the false prophet is explicitly called 'the false prophet' and is taken together with the beast.
Revelation 13:11 — This is the 'another beast' passage that Les associates with the false prophet as a religious system and man.
The Bible reveals the false prophet in Revelation 19:20. At the end of the tribulation, John writes: "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." Earlier, the same person appears as a second beast in 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." Revelation 13:14 goes on to say this beast deceives those who dwell on the earth through miracles and tells them to make an image to the first beast.
Les teaches that the false prophet is the religious leader of a counterfeit—or unholy—trinity during the tribulation. He is a man, born of a woman, who rises through a world religion, just as the Antichrist rises through politics. In this unholy trinity, Satan counterfeits God the Father, the Antichrist counterfeits God the Son, and the false prophet counterfeits the Holy Spirit. The counterfeiting is especially visible in his operation: he performs miracles in the sight of the beast and causes the world to worship the Antichrist, even as the Holy Spirit leads believers to worship Christ. Les also notes that the false prophet is introduced in Revelation 13 as 'another beast' coming up out of the earth—a man who is also a religious system. He is not a political government but a religious system. The title 'false prophet' is expressly placed on him in Revelation 19:20, which Les says is the only place in Revelation where he is named as such.
No. Les identifies the beast in Revelation as the Antichrist, the political leader. The false prophet is a separate religious leader who works hand in glove with the Antichrist. Les describes both as men: the Antichrist comes up through politics, while the false prophet comes up through some world religion. The false prophet's job is to cause the world to worship the political leader, not to be the political leader himself.
In Revelation 13:11 John sees 'another beast coming up out of the earth' with two horns like a lamb. Les teaches that this is the false prophet. The term 'beast' shows that this is a man, but it also represents a system—not a political government, but a religious system. So the false prophet is both a literal human being and the head of a worldwide religious system.
Les teaches that throughout Revelation there is a counterfeit trinity: Satan is the counterfeit of God the Father, the Antichrist is the counterfeit of God the Son, and the false prophet is the counterfeit of the Holy Spirit. This is seen in his operation, not his makeup. Just as the Holy Spirit leads people to worship Christ, the false prophet will lead the world to worship the Antichrist.
The false prophet works miracles in the sight of the beast. Revelation 19:20 says these miracles deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. Les emphasizes that Satan has tremendous miracle-working power, so we should not assume every miracle is from God. The false prophet also directs the earth to make an image to the Antichrist, just as Nebuchadnezzar built a great image for worship.
The Mark of the Beast & the Unholy Trinity Explained
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Where the False Prophet Is Named
Les shows that Revelation 19:20 is the point in Revelation where the false prophet is explicitly named and taken together with the beast (Antichrist).
The Unholy Trinity and Another Beast
Les teaches that the false prophet is the religious leader of the unholy trinity, a counterfeit of the Holy Spirit, and is introduced as another beast coming up out of the earth.
Two Men: Politics and Religion
Les stresses that the beast and false prophet are both men born of women, one in politics and one in world religion, and that the false prophet works miracles before the beast and causes worship of the Antichrist.
The Counterfeit Trinity
Les reiterates that the false prophet is a counterfeit of the Holy Spirit and His work, and that the only place he is named is Revelation 19.
Satanic Miracles and Image-Making
Les teaches that the false prophet's miracles are empowered by Satan, not necessarily by God, and that he causes the earth to worship the Antichrist and make an image of him.
Religious Leader Under Satan
Les explains that the religious leader, under the inspiration of Satan, exercises the political beast's power and causes humanity 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 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 is the passage where the false prophet is explicitly named and linked with the beast.
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.
This verse introduces the second beast, which Les identifies as the false prophet.
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 verse describes the deceptive miracles and the command to make an image to the beast.
No. Les distinguishes the two: the Antichrist is the political leader, and the false prophet is the religious leader. The false prophet works alongside the Antichrist and causes people to worship him, but he is not the same person.
Les points to Revelation 19:20 as the one place where the title 'the false prophet' is given to him. Elsewhere in Revelation he appears as another beast coming up out of the earth.
The Bible says he performs miracles in the sight of the beast, and Les teaches that Satan has miracle-working power. The point is that these miracles are deceptive, leading people to worship the Antichrist, so they should not be mistaken for evidence that God is behind them.
Les teaches both. The false prophet is a literal man, born of a woman, but he also represents a religious system. Revelation 13:11 describes him as another beast coming up out of the earth.
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