Evil Prophets & Dark, Modern Prophecies

Across works such as the Bible, Dune by Brian Herbert, Lord of the Rings by Tolkien, and the philosophical concepts of Peter Thiel and others, prophecy takes on a wide variety of forms. But can prophecy be manipulated? Can it be stopped? Or is it of such divine quality that there truly is nothing that can stop it? If we want to save our world from the Beast and the Antichrist, are we even able to?