UPDATE: JD Vance says the Antichrist may be among us and ‘wouldn’t be shocked if we’re living in the end times’ 2SEP26

NOT MY vp vance must be thinking about all of his antichrist-like policies along with all the drumpf/trump antichrist-like policies he has introduced, promoted and enforced for him to suggest "the antichrist may be among us". Word to jd, God the Father alone knows when the antichrist will make his appearance in his attempt to conquer the world and God the Father alone knows when Christ will return to defeat him and establish God's eternal kingdom. God does not need help from jd vance or anyone else in bringing about the end times. Christians are supposed to do all we can to bring people to Christianity and to practice and promote life on Earth per the tenants of Christianity as declared and taught by Jesus Christ ( see Red Letter Christians for more on Christ's actual teachings ). This from the Independent.....

 JD Vance says the Antichrist may be among us and ‘wouldn’t be shocked if we’re living in the end times’

Discussing his spiritual beliefs with Christian podcaster Bryce Crawford, Vance also defended President Trump’s AI Jesus post from earlier this year

Joe Sommerlad

 Wednesday 02 September 2026 11:42 BST

JD Vance has said that the Antichrist may be “walking among us”, in an interview about his Roman Catholic faith.

The vice president, whose new memoir Communion recounts his conversion in 2019, also told The Bryce Crawford Podcast that he was ok if “doing god’s work brings about the end of times”.

The host, a 22-year-old evangelical Christian, asked Vance: “What do you think about the end times? Do you think it’s here? Do you think it’s coming?”

The politician answered: “Do I think that we’re in the end times? I don’t know. And I think that it’s probably bad for me spiritually to focus too much on it because there are, like, things that you gotta do.

“I gotta be good to my wife. I gotta be good to my kids. I have to be as good of a leader as I can for the United States of America. And so, I think that focusing on – while I’m fascinated by it – focusing on it is, too much of it can be very bad.

“I think that there are, like, things about the world that make me feel like not shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us. But again, I try not to focus too much on it.”

He continued: “I tend to think, like, while I wouldn’t be shocked if we are living in the end times, what I’m trying to focus on is doing as much of God’s work as possible right now.

“And if that leads to the end times, OK. And if that leads to you know, us building a better world that thrives and survives for a very long time after I’m gone, that’s great too.”

Crawford also asked Vance how certain he was, on a scale of one to 10, that he will go to Heaven, to which answered: “Oh man, that is a tough question. It’s high but it’s not 10... It’s a seven or it’s an eight.”

Vance was also asked about Trump’s post on social media of an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus earlier this year, which Crawford said offended him.

Trump initially claimed he thought the image was of him as a doctor, then took down the post amid widespread criticism from even some of his own backers.

“He did not mean to, like, mock or mimic God, that’s just not who he is,” Vance said, adding that the president often tries to keep things light and constantly makes jokes.

“He’s a bit of a ballbuster, for those of us who work with him, and he just likes to have a good time. And I think that if people appreciated that, they would recognize, he’s not trying to offend people, he’s trying to keep things light.”

Before Vance wrote Hillbilly Elegy and became an Ohio senator, he was a protege of tech billionaire Peter Thiel. The Palantir founder delivered a four-part lecture series in Rome earlier this year in which he outlined his own complex personal philosophy on the imminence of Armageddon.

Thiel has said he is “worried about the Antichrist,” which he has characterized as “a spiritual descriptor of the forces of evil” or “an evil king or tyrant or anti-Messiah who appears in the end times.”

Commander claimed Trump was ‘anointed by Jesus to cause Armageddon’ to justify Iran strikes: Complaint 4MAR26

 

WHILE I realize I am nobody to judge anybody's claim to being a Christian I am going to challenge the apostasy of "christian" nationalism and their alt-jesus. This proclamation by a "commander" in the US Military is bogus as "The Bible states that no one knows the exact day or hour of Jesus' return, not even the angels or the Son, but only the Father. While the timing is unknown and described as "imminent", Jesus instructed believers to remain vigilant, as he will return unexpectedly, like a thief in the night", see Matthew 24:36-44. This  from the Independent.....

Commander claimed Trump was ‘anointed by Jesus to cause Armageddon’ to justify Iran strikes: Complaint

Military leader told NCOs that the assault on Tehran was 'all part of God's divine plan,' complaint alleges

Joe Sommerlad

Wednesday 04 March 2026 0935 GMT

A military commander told a group of non-commissioned officers that President Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint filed with a religious freedom watchdog.

The anonymous complaint was provided to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation by one of the NCOs in attendance at the Monday briefing on behalf of 15 troops – 11 of whom were Christians, one Muslim, one Jewish, and two atheists – and was first reported by freelance journalist Jonathan Larsen on his Substack.

The NCO said of the commander: “He urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.”

He added that the superior “had a big grin on his face when he said all of this, which made his message seem even more crazy.”

MRFF said the complaint was one of more than 200 it has received since the joint U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran began in the early hours of Saturday morning.

“Anytime Israel or the U.S. is involved in the Middle East, we get this stuff about Christian nationalists who’ve taken over our government, and certainly our U.S. military,” Mikey Weinstein, MRFF’s president and a U.S. Air Force veteran, told The Guardian.

“Military members are not really able to stand up for themselves, because your military superior is not your shift manager at Starbucks.”

Weinstein told Military.com that his organization had already had “ well in excess of 200” complaints from “well in excess of 50 installations,” adding: “They are continuing to come in everywhere.”

“What we’ve been saying forever, if you look back in history whenever you’ve merged any sort of religious fanaticism with the machinery of the state that conducts war, we do not end up with little babbling brooks, creeks, streams, ponds or lakes. We end up with one thing: oceans and oceans of blood.”

Weinstein noted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s hard-line Christianity, which has included holding monthly prayer services at the Pentagon and reportedly attending a church in Washington, D.C., associated with Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson.

“Why is anybody surprised? Hegseth makes it clear, ‘Here’s the template that we want,’” he said. “That fully encourages one of those Christian nationalists, commanders and members of the chain of command – whether they believe it or not. They know it’s a way to get ahead, to try to rationalize [the mission].”

Last summer, the Pentagon was forced to clarify that Hegseth does believe women have the right to vote after the secretary posted a video on social media in which another pastor, Jared Longshoreman, expressed his support for scrapping the 19th Amendment.

Trump himself has often cut an unconvincing figure on matters of faith.

He famously struggled to name a favorite passage from scripture in an August 2019 interview with Bloomberg and has sold “God Bless the U.S.A.”-branded copies of the Bible, which takes its name from a patriotic country song by Lee Greenwood and includes the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the Pledge of Allegiance thrown in for good measure.

Trump’s edition of the Good Book is printed in China, retails for $59.99, or $1,000 for a signed copy, and is available in pink-and-gold and camouflage editions.