Revelation 13 introduces two figures who dominate the final chapter of human history: the Antichrist and the False Prophet. While the Antichrist often receives the most attention, a recent discussion on Prophecy Watchers argues the lesser-known figure may be just as critical, if not more so, to how end-times control is enforced.
“The Antichrist doesn’t rule alone,” J.B. Hixson said to host Mondo Gonzales. “He has this other figure with him, this false prophet.” Scripture later confirms their joint fate, describing both being cast into the lake of fire, underscoring their shared authority and responsibility.
Hixson described the False Prophet as the operational force behind the Antichrist’s reign. While the Antichrist claims worship and political authority, the False Prophet ensures compliance. “The Bible doesn’t say they create the system,” he said. “They just take the helm of it.” That distinction, he argued, explains why global infrastructure must already exist before the Antichrist fully rises to power.
The Rise of Technocracy
Central to that infrastructure is technocracy, defined as governance through technology. The discussion emphasized that Revelation’s global system does not emerge overnight. Instead, it develops gradually through advances in surveillance, automation and data-driven control.
“Rule using technology,” Hixson said, “is exactly what the False Prophet is going to orchestrate.”
Artificial intelligence plays a major role in that framework, though both Hixson and Gonzales were careful to note AI itself is not inherently evil. “It’s not the boogeyman,” Gonzales said. “It’s a technology.” Like money or the internet, its moral value depends on how it is used.
Still, Hixson warned that AI gives those seeking power an unprecedented tool. “It plays right into the hands of the Luciferians who want to feign being God,” he said, citing its ability to mimic omniscience and omnipresence through surveillance and data aggregation.
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Economic Enforcement and Digital Currency
Revelation 13’s warning that no one can “buy or sell” without compliance has long puzzled readers. Hixson and Gonzales argued modern digital currency systems now make that scenario plausible.
For centuries, Hixson said, believers wondered how such control could function globally. “How in the world can the Antichrist actually stop you from making a transaction on the other side of the world?” he asked. “Well, enter global digital ID, global digital currency.”
He likened today’s fragmented systems to Christmas lights waiting to be plugged into a single outlet. While digital currencies exist in different regions, he believes a global crisis will unify them. “Eventually, it’s all going to come under the head of one global currency,” he said.
Miracles and Religious Deception
The False Prophet’s power is not merely economic. Revelation says he performs signs and wonders, and Hixson believes those miracles may be genuinely supernatural. “They could be supernatural,” he said, pointing to biblical precedents in Exodus.
More troubling, Hixson and Gonzales warned of growing religious deception driven by technology. Hixson referenced the rise of “AI Jesus” tools that offer spiritual guidance without repentance or correction. “He’s saying things diabolically opposed to what Jesus Himself said,” he said. “But people think he’s the real Jesus.”
Discernment in the Last Days
The conversation repeatedly returned to one conclusion: the system described in Revelation appears increasingly feasible. “We’re not going from a Mayberry-type existence overnight,” Gonzales said. “The system is being put in place.”
Jesus warned His followers to read the signs of the times. “If the stage is being set for events that take place after the rapture,” Hixson said, “that can only mean one thing. The rapture is closer than ever.”
The rise of the False Prophet, they argued, is not a reason to panic, but a reminder that the return of Christ is drawing near.
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine.
