I'm not real big on end times things (it'll get here when it gets here, I say), so I'm not real sure what you're driving at.
The antichrist is the beast out of the sea (Rev. 13:1-8). The strong arm, the enforcer for the antichrist is the beast out of the earth (Rev. 13:11-18). It is this beast that comes out of the earth that does all the actual enforcing and administering of the antichrist's agenda. That beast is the one who is both gentle like a lamb and speaks like a dragon, and causes fire to come down in view of men. He, this beast out of the earth, is the one who puts up the image of the beast out of the sea, and forces everyone to worship that image and take the mark of the beast. It's interesting how the US fits that role, and all the more, as we see things changing so fast and dramatically in our world today.
Our modern electronic advances as seen in our weaponry and our communication and surveillance is definitely the way the beast out of the earth (the US?) will drive and carry out the agenda of the beast out of the sea (antichrist).
I'm not selling any books on this subject, and don't consider myself well versed on the subject, but read the Revelation passages and reflect on what I've said. You may not see any, or much activity out of the antichrist himself/itself. It is his enforcer, the beast out of the earth, that will be the visible force in the world carrying out the evil plans and purposes of the antichrist to rule the world and resist the return of Jesus Christ and His rule. But we know he will be destroyed, not by human hands, and will not succeed in that plan. Amen, Amen, and Amen.
(It's Sunday, I wonder how long before the server goes down.)
