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.
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.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
Th false prophet comes on the scene which completes Satan’s trinity. We have Satan as God, the Antichrist as Jesus, and the false prophet as the Holy Spirit. The false prophet is believed to be a Jew that was on the scene in the first 3 and 1/2 years only working behind the scenes and rises up when the Antichrist is restored to life. The purpose of the prophet is to promote the Antichrist and make all the people worship him. He is able to do this because he has the power to perform miracles that was given to him by Satan. He can even perform some of miracles performed by Elijah by calling fire down from heaven. Just as before the the rapture the Holy Spirit drew people to the saving grace of Jesus the prophet will have the power and ability to draw people to worship the Antichrist. Again the deception will be so strong it will be hard to resist it even if you have to this point stayed true to your belief in Jesus Christ.