Jan Marcussen

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A. Jan Marcussen is Seventh-day Adventist minister best known for his book National Sunday Law.

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[edit] Biography

Marcussen is an American, a 5th generation Seventh-day Adventist and an ordained minister since 1982. He is the author of several books including Two Months to Live which relates the real-life stories of people who have overcome cancer, Cousin Henry Potter {and the Terrible Time Machine}, an adventure, and a book on marital happiness.

Marcussen is best known book for his 1983 book National Sunday Law, which has been described as a "simplified rehash" of Ellen G. White's view in The Great Controversy. 7.8 million copies have been distributed in 19 languages.[1] The book gives an interpretation of the prophecies of the biblical books of Daniel and Revelation, and focuses particularly on the Three Angels' Messages of Revelation chapter fourteen.

In 1995, Marcussen predicted that the "end" would come in the following year, using the 6000 year prophecy (based on Bishop Ussher's chronology).[1]

He publishes a free newsletter twice a month which highlights advancements in Sunday exaltation. He is noted for leading a campaign against future national legislation enforcing Sunday as a national day of rest and worship in the USA. He has been referenced in a recent article by WorldNetDaily on the debate over the seventh or first day of week as the Sabbath for Christians. He has offered up to one million dollars to anyone who can offer clear, scriptural proof of a change of the sabbath from the seventh day to the first day of the week, which WorldNetDaily featured in another article. In a third WorldNetDaily article, he is noted in regards to a controversial billboard which warns of the identity of the Antichrist as the papacy, which Marcussen confirms in his book "National Sunday Law". Catholic concerns over mass mailing of Marcussen's book have appeared in an article by The Catholic Herald, a British Catholic newspaper. The 40 Million Man March is the name given by Marcussen to his project to mass mail National Sunday Law books to every major U.S. city, one by one, in an effort to give the Three Angels' Messages. As of April 2008, he is working to bulk mail Pittsburgh. Marcussen's book made the Catholic League's 2001 Report on Anti-Catholicism for mass mailing Fresno, CA.[1]

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[edit] Newsletter

Jan Marcussen publishes a six-page newsletter twice a month with color pictures which is also published online in PDF format. The newsletter always features relevant quotes from Ellen G. White. "Vennita's Corner" is a choice "thought" quote from Ellen White picked by Marcussen's wife Vennita. The newletter chronicles the advancement toward a Sunday law and the advancement of the Three Angels' Messages warning against that law.

[edit] Cultural references

Marcussen's National Sunday Law was in part the inspiration for the 2004 low-budget action movie, The 4th Beast: Mask of the Antichrist.[3] Director Nathyn Masters, an alum of Chicago's Columbia College recounts [4] how he desired to create an endtime Christian action film with a post-tribulation scenario as an alternative to such pre-tribulation films as Left Behind . [5] In a similar vain is the action novel Megiddo Crux, by Brian Neumann, whose plot is set in motion by the September 11th attack.[6]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements by Thomas Robbins and Susan J. Palmer. 1997; p219

[edit] External links

  • [7] WorldNetDaily article on the debate over the seventh or first day of week as the Sabbath for Christians.
  • [8] WorldNetDaily article on the offer of a reward for proof of a scriptural change in the Sabbath.
  • [9] WorldNetDaily article on the controversial billboard warning of the antichrist.
  • [10] National Sunday Law can be read here.
  • [11] National Sunday Law alternatively can be read here.
  • [12] Jan Marcussen's newsletters can be read here at the World Broadcasting Network for Seventh-Day Adventists.
  • [13] Catholic Herald article addressing concerns over Marcussen's campaign.
  • [14] National Sunday Law in Spanish.