UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell used the latest episode of his podcast Arkansanity to make a biblical claim. He stated that President Donald Trump is the “first beast” described in Revelation 13, a figure associated with the antichrist in Christian eschatology.
Mitchell, known for his outspoken religious views, told his audience he has been closely reading scripture alongside current world events and believes the two are aligning in ways that cannot be ignored.
“I do think that that first beast mentioned in Revelation 13:3, believe that’s Donald Trump,” Mitchell said during the episode. “And then another false prophet comes after him, who is basically another antichrist and makes an image of this first beast and makes people worship it by putting it on their forehead or on their hand.”
Mitchell then pointed directly at Elon Musk as the figure he believes fulfills the role of that second entity.
He stated, “I’m telling you, Elon Musk wants to do that. He also deceives with fire from the sky, which is right there in Revelation 13. Basically, Trump and Elon are going to try to force us to worship Satan.”
Central to Mitchell’s concern is Musk’s publicly stated ambition to develop brain-computer interface technology through his company Neuralink.
“Elon has already said, ‘Hey, in 2026, I’m going to be mass-producing these chips that go in your brain or your hand,'” Mitchell told his listeners, drawing a direct parallel to the biblical “mark of the beast.” His response to that prospect was characteristically blunt: “They ain’t going in my head, and they ain’t going in my hand.”
Mitchell also cited Trump’s self-described role as head of what the president called a “Board of Peace” as further evidence, connecting it to a passage from Thessalonians.
“Two weeks before he started the war, Trump comes out and says, ‘Oh, I’m the director of the Board of Peace,'” Mitchell said. “When they say peace, soon comes sudden destruction.”
The MMA star acknowledged that his interpretation is his own and that not everyone will share it.
He also addressed whether the biblical tribulation period has already begun, saying, “I believe that the tribulation spoke of in Revelation is beginning, may have begun possibly already and that would mean that Jesus would come back within seven years.”
Mitchell made clear he has no intention of complying with any future mandate he views as spiritually compromising. “I’m not going to go to he ll with these people. To he ll with that. I’m going to heaven,” he said.
