A question readers ask
Is Jared Kushner the Antichrist?
My short answer: no. In my proposal he is not the Antichrist but the second beast, the false prophet, and even that is a possibility to be tested, not a verdict.
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The short answer
Revelation 13 describes two beasts. The first, from the sea, is the one the tradition calls the Antichrist: the ruler who receives the dragon's power and is worshiped. The second, from the earth, "had two horns like a lamb's but spoke like a dragon," and it "made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast" (Revelation 13:11–12). Later Revelation calls it the false prophet (16:13; 19:20).
My proposal is that the first beast is Donald J. Trump and the second, the false prophet, is Jared Kushner. So my answer to the question is no: I do not read him as the Antichrist, but as the one who serves him. The Church has not identified the Antichrist or the false prophet with anyone living, and nothing here speaks for her (CCC 675–677).
How I grade it
I weigh the second beast mark by mark, and grade each one possible or probable, never settled.
| Mark | My grade | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|
| A counterfeit lamb (13:11–12) | Probable | Partly seen |
| Deception by signs (13:13–14) | Possible | To assess |
| An image that speaks (13:14–15) | Possible | Not yet seen |
| Control of buying and selling (13:16–17) | Probable | Not yet seen |
The strongest evidence
- The lamb's face. His public work is peace: the Abraham Accords, the hostage release and Gaza plan of 2025, and a seat on the founding council of the Board of Peace.
- The dragon's voice. Of Gaza, in March 2024, while its people were under bombardment: "Gaza's waterfront property could be very valuable." People spoken of as an obstacle to property.
- Peace and profit together. Within months of leaving the White House he founded Affinity Partners, funded with billions from Gulf sovereign funds, and he has negotiated for the president in the Middle East, Iran and Ukraine while those investments grew.
The strongest case against
- Speaking and negotiating for a leader is ordinary diplomacy, and "blessed are the peacemakers" (Matthew 5:9). The Abraham Accords and the return of the hostages are real goods.
- Business with Gulf states is not wrong in itself, and no investigation has found wrongdoing. A conflict of interest is not a false prophet.
- Revelation's false prophet works signs that lead people to worship the first beast. Nothing yet shows him leading anyone to worship, and the mark of 13:16–17, joined to worship, has not appeared.
What I do not use
His Jewish faith and his people have no place in this reading. The Church teaches that the Jewish people are not to be presented as rejected or accursed, and she deplores every form of antisemitism (Nostra Aetate 4). Words and deeds are weighed here, never souls (CCC 1861).
Read further
- The Second Beast, mark by mark: each card with its evidence, the case against, and what would strengthen or weaken it.
- The Proposal, Stated Plainly: the theory as I first wrote it.
- Apocalypse 13, mark 4: my reading weighed by the same standards as everyone else's.