Either way I disagree whole heartedly with your understanding. God's Word doesn't warn us of a precursor. It says all nations are deceived by pharmakeia. Which so happens to be the same thing that happens to those who take the mark. Hint hint they're one in the same.

God's people have been warned through his messengers. The beast is described in Daniel as a kingdom/political power. The false prophet is the 501c3 churches that bent the knee to this beast system and closed their doors and some even set up vax clinics in their churches.

I'm not here to convince those who have scales on their eyes and have their ears blocked. I'm here for God's remnant, those that love the Truth.