It be the "'TRINITY OF EVIL" made up of Satan (the dragon), Anti-Christ (the Beast) and the False -prophet, identified as the number 666 (six is the number symbolized evil).
As part of his satanic enforcement the false prophet will require everyone living on earth then to receive the mark of the beast on their foreheads or right hands. Those who refuse the mark will not be allowed to buy and sell. Many will accept the mark and will forever be condemned, some will refuse because they have found faith In Christ.
Some hopefully may be able to flee to the mountains to live off the land. Jesus promised that the 144 thousand Jewish witnesses will be sealed to protect them from the great day of God's wrath that be poured out on unrepentant sinners. The apparent reason I believe only the 144 thousand Jews are sealed is because the church (the bride of Christ), the true believers in Christ have already been rescued or raptured.
The Anti-Christ and the false prophet will both be possessed by the demonic power of Satan. While in the direct sight or the Anti-Christ, the false prophet will manifest miraculous satanic powers, including causing fire to come down from the heavenly atmosphere.
These occultism satanic "miracles" will be geared towards deceiving humanity about the true identities of Satan partners in crime. The False Prophet will pretend to be Elijah, while the Antichrist will counterfeit himself as the Messiah.
The false prophet's role will be to force humanity deceitfully to worship Satan who will empower the Anti-Christ. The false prophet will not be also the leader of the worldwide false church that will remain on Earth after the Rapture of the true believers in Christ.
The Book of Revelation describes this false church as the Great whore of Babylon. This church will be made up of all religiously minded people of all religious persuasions, including the New Age followers. Not one true Christian will be left on earthafter the Rapture. This is because God's qualification for making heaven will remain "born-again of the water and the Spirit" (John 3:3&5).
The false church I am talking about here will join its vast organizational power to that of the Anti-Christ in his amazing rise to world power and prominence. Watch it; once he and the false prophet have made use of the false church to obtain the dictatorship they seek, the ten leaders of the ten nation confederacy will then turn and burn the Great whore of Babylon.
Let me end this discourse with Daniel 's dreams and vision
I. Nebuchadnezzar's image has four parts (Daniel 2:31-44)
Il. Daniel's Dream/Vision — of Beasts (Daniel 7: 1-14). The four parts of Nebuchadnezzar's image and the four Beasts of Daniel's vision represent four successive Gentile Empires.
Lets check out the dream of the image
a) The fourth Beast will have ten horns
b) A "Little the Anti- Christ will come forth from ten Horns.
Examining the Dream and the vision:
The "Son of man" will come in a time of the fourth Empire to punish the Nations and establish his everlasting kingdom (Daniel 7:8-14; 2: 13-35).
Not since Jesus Christ transformed humanity forever by his supreme sacrifice "it is finished" (John 19:30) on the cross have we lived in such a great divide. Yet, the average human being is unaware of the "Danger Ahead". He plans his days as if all is well believing that life will continue without interruption or crises, just as it was for his father and grand-father before him. Let the reader learn and number his or her days.