Where did you get your opinion on the Antichrist and False Prophet (at the time of Antichrist)?
I'm thinking Dimond Brothers or some such. Or some "recovering from Dimond Brothers" mitigated version of their teaching -- the eschatological equivalent of Theistic evolution.
Because your opinions on this matter are quite foreign to me, and I've read books like "History of Antichrist" (TAN Books), Catholic Prophecy, and the Apocalypse.
The Bible, the Church Fathers, and private revelation (especially Marian) are my sources. Nothing special or gnostic.
Once a person understands that "the Elect" can be deceived, in a religious sense,
only by a person posing as "the Pope," all will fall into place. Only an apparent Pope can teach authoritatively. Catholics will not be deceive, in matters of religion, by a random politician or world leader.
Therefore, if one recognizes that the (apparent) Catholic Church can be (and has been) hijacked by communists/freemasons/ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖs, in other words, that the institution
advertising itself as Catholic is not Catholic, then one will begin to understand what the prophecies are telling us.
The confirmation of it is in front of our eyes. It is in the news every day. The Synod on Synodality and its aftermath will fully consummate the marriage of the Beast (ridden by the Harlot) with World, which up to now has been a 60+ year betrothal.