Jerry Falwell

==Apocalyptic beliefs==
On July 31, 2006, [[CNN]]'s ''[[Paula Zahn Now]]'' program featured a segment on "whether the crisis in the Middle East is actually a prelude to the end of the world". In an interview Falwell claimed, "I believe in the pre-millennial, pre-tribulational coming of Christ for all of his church, and to summarize that, your first poll, do you believe Jesus' coming the second time will be in the future, I would vote yes with the 59 percent and with [[Billy Graham]] and most evangelicals."<ref>''Paula Zahn Now'', CNN: [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0607/31/pzn.01.html Transcript.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116035057/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0607/31/pzn.01.html |date=2013-01-16 }} July 31, 2006.</ref>

Based on that and other statements, Falwell has been identified as a [[dispensationalism|dispensationalist]].{{sfn|Clouse|2008|p=269}}

In 1999, Falwell declared the [[Antichrist]] would probably arrive within a decade and "of course he'll be Jewish".<ref name=Antichrist>{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Debra Nussbaum |url=http://www.jweekly.com/includes/print/9993/article/falwell-antichrist-remark-sparks-anti-semitism-charges/ |title=Falwell Antichrist remark sparks anti-Semitism charges |newspaper=J |date=January 22, 1999 |access-date=May 18, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202053422/http://www.jweekly.com/includes/print/9993/article/falwell-antichrist-remark-sparks-anti-semitism-charges/ |archive-date=February 2, 2012 }}</ref> After accusations of anti-Semitism Falwell apologized and explained he was simply expressing the theological tenet that the Antichrist and Christ share many attributes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6160167|title=NPR: Cultural Impact of the Book of Revelation|access-date=January 6, 2009|date=September 28, 2006|publisher=National Public Radio|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222183749/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6160167|archive-date=December 22, 2008}}</ref>