PROPHECY: The False Prophet.

There are levels of influence within the world of prophets – both in major Biblical prophets and the dark world, as in the case of the Antichrist’s False Prophet.

THE FALSE PROPHET | THE MARK

There has never been a shortage of false prophets. Did you know false prophets are far more popular than authentic Bible prophets? They outnumber God’s prophets by a wide margin. They have dominated societies since the days of Nebuchadnezzar.

In Hebrew, the word prophet derives from naw-bee – an inspired man hosting spiritual insight.  Leaving us with the question, what spirit?  While a Biblical prophet proclaims projections pre-established by the living God, a man inspired by the spirit of the Antichrist manipulates present-day events to appear relevant to the present age. In reality, no demonic spirit can look into the future. Nor can a Biblical prophet. In the case of all authentic Bible prophets, they are shouting forth the future events of humanity as it is spoken to them by God.

The way I explain prophets to curious minds is in this. Prophets are like antenna receptors. They receive messages from an unseen power force. If they are Biblical prophets, the message comes from the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit. If they are demonic false prophets, they receive messages from the demonic dark world. Simply put, prophets are receptors of hidden messages – from the dark world or that of the Light and Life of Christ.

There are levels of influence within the world of prophets – both in major Biblical prophets and the dark world, as in the case of the Antichrist’s False Prophet. In the Bible, an example of a major prophet would be Elijah. In the dark world, the prime example would be Revelation’s False Prophet.

John, the writer of Revelation, introduces the False Prophet with these words.  

Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke as a dragon. He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. (Revelation 13:11-12)

The final days' prophet is the primary worker of iniquity for the Antichrist. As we stated, he is loaded with all the power and authority of the Antichrist. While the Antichrist’s objective is politics, the False Prophet is responsible for causing the masses to bow and worship the Antichrist. Thus, proving all End Times powers will be focused on a politician. However, this won’t happen until the Antichrist is killed and resurrected by Satan. Since the masses marvel over this resurrection, the role of the False Prophet is to direct their worship to the primary Beast – the revised Antichrist.

Satan’s prophet performs great signs that he even makes fire come out of heaven to devour all who refuse loyalty to the Antichrist. The False Prophet deceives all who dwell on the earth because of these signs and wonders. He commands the masses to make a statue of the Beast that was resurrected. Wait, there's more.

Out of the mouth of this prophet, he gives breath to the statue, which permits the image to speak. What does it say? All those who refuse to worship the Beast will be destroyed by fire from heaven. As a result of the fear within the masses, particularly the Jews who think this is the return of Elijah, he causes all to be given a mark on their right hand or forehead. The masses will be told they cannot buy, sell, or trade unless they have the mark. That mark is the number of the Beast – 666.

In reality, there is a triune of Satan.

The Antichrist, the False Prophet, and Satan himself. The triune replicates Christ, the Holy Spirit, and God. The relationship between the unholy trinity is as dynamic as God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each role is needed to formulate a point of worship.

Most Bible readers know that before Lucifer, now Satan, was booted out of Heaven, his role as an archangel was to lead worship. Once he was removed, Satan’s main goal was to direct all worship to him until his last hour. This is the scene we see acted out in the End Times.

The primary objective of the False Prophet is to replace the Holy Spirit, who was removed at the Rapture. The primary role of the Holy Spirit is to direct all human worship back to Jesus and God. This demonic prophet will have the same role of directing all humans to worship the Antichrist and Satan. 

When Satan’s prophet arrives on the global scene, he will come as a religious leader. He will converge all religions into one single religion – that of the worship of Satan. Secondly, and more importantly, he will present himself as a Jew. Who will most likely represent the mixed-seed Jews descending from Ishmael. Remember, Satan's first three and a half years of his reign is eradicating the Gentiles. The second half of his reign will be all about the Jews. As in all Biblical Old Testament stories, Satan could care less about any other race than the One Race of God the Father – the pure bloodline Jews from the seed of Isaac.

Politics and religion have always been twin relatives.

Politics and religion are the two common denominators in global power. One without the other makes a leader's power impotent. Politics force loyalty through rules. Religions force obedience through religious thought. When the two are combined, they represent absolute authority. In Satan’s case, all resistors will be devoured by fire if they don’t yield. As odd as it is, in God’s case, the fire of Hell will ultimately devour all if they don’t come unto Him through Jesus Christ. Always remember, Satan is not an originator; he is a replicator. 

The power of the False Prophet will be off the charts. Satan’s prophet gains its power directly from the spirit of the Antichrist. The Antichrist receives his power from Satan. While we are given a few examples of the prophet’s displayed power, signs and wonders will pour forth from this creature in ways that humanity hasn’t seen since the days of Jesus walking the face of the earth. The difference between the two is that the False Prophet’s power will gather numbers far beyond that of Jesus. Keep in mind the road to Jesus is narrow, and few are on it. However, the road to destruction is wide, and many are on it. The numeric calculations difference is what empowers Satan to keep pressing on.

Satan’s tricks have always deceived the masses – even the elect (Matt. 24:24). The Word reveals three primary tricks demonstrated by the False Prophet – fire from the Heavens, the miracle of the statue coming to life, and breathing life into the statue to speak to the people. The fire coming forth is enough evidence to convince the Jews that this prophet must be the great prophet, Elijah. However, only 144,000 pure-bloodline Jews recognize this is NOT their Elijah. In this chilling reveal, the revised Antichrist sets his scope on those pure-bloodline Jews.

The most common duty assigned to this prophet is to mark humanity with the mark of the Beast (Rev. 13:16-17). Therefore, there is a residue of this prophet having responsibilities in global economics. The world of resistors to the mark will melt into death by starvation. However, the Antichrist will be facing a bit of a surprise. God marks the 144,000 with His mark. In those days, there will be three ways to identify the masses, those with the mark of the Antichrist, those marked by God, and those who had not been marked. 

People love free stuff. The phrase, follow the paper trail, will be a fallacy by this point. The odds are there will not be paper currency at this point in humanity. Rumors are the Antichrist will use a paperless system, as in the case of digital currency. Furthermore, the mark of the Beast will most likely be a scannable portal into the global economic system of buying, selling, and trading.  When you read about the world switching to digital currency, please don’t panic; the Antichrist is testing his future system on the masses at this very hour. 

Self-proclaimed Christians tend to think God’s mark is for all believers during this time. This is not the case. God marks the 144,000 Jewish witnesses. In addition, the Christian world tends to believe there will be authentic Christians during this time. This, too, is a fallacy. When the seven-year reign of the Antichrist begins, the Age of Grace is over. This is why God sends two Old Testament prophets to evangelize – not a man like Billy Graham. Once the Age of Grace has accomplished its mission, God returns to finish the unfinished business of the Old Testament – that of using the Law to punish Satan and his followers throughout all the ages. While the present Age of Grace has been dupped into the ideology of a second chance being offered by God throughout the Tribulation, this deceptive demise would make the purpose of the Rapture impotent. The only faithful few who will be offered the first chance of redemption are the 144,000 pure-bloodline Jews – 12,000 men from each of the 12 Tribes of Israel. There will not be one less or one more in this formula. No women or children will be a part of this marking. Furthermore, according to Hebrew law, each man will be the firstborn male of their Tribes alive at the time.

In due time, the False Prophet will be punished by God. John gives us a few details of this capture.

And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh. (Revelation 19:20-21)

God allows these two power players of Satan to complete the mission assigned from the days before the earth's foundation. As soon as the details of the spoken prophecies have concluded, each is cast into the lake of fire. Furthermore, the remaining masses are killed with a sword coming from the mouth of Jesus, who sits on His white horse. However, for Satan, Jesus has one last surprise. He gets chained and put in the bottomless pit - imprisoned for one thousand years. After one thousand years of the Great White Throne of Judgment, Satan is released from prison to receive consequences for his generational acts of deception. 

In our next episode, we will detail the battle of all battles, Armageddon. This war makes all wars fought on the earth mere child’s play. While Satan is preserved for a special punishment, Armageddon’s war will draw the final curtain on humanity, the Antichrist, the False Prophet, and all his Wanna-Be followers – past and present. Until next time…