A. Jan Marcussen is a
preacher
A preacher is a person who delivers sermons or homilies on religious topics to an assembly of people. Less common are preachers who preach on the street, or those whose message is not necessarily religious, but who preach components such as a ...
, and self-proclaimed
physical therapist
Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions. It is provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through physical examination, diagnosis, management, prognosis, patient ...
,
nutritionist A nutritionist is a person who advises others on matters of food and nutrition and their impacts on health. Some people specialize in particular areas, such as sports nutrition, public health, or animal nutrition, among other disciplines. In many c ...
, and
marriage counselor
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. He is most known for views and promotion, through writing and other methods, of
eschatology
Eschatology (; ) concerns expectations of the end of the present age, human history, or of the world itself. The end of the world or end times is predicted by several world religions (both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic), which teach that negati ...
and the
seventh-day Sabbath
The seventh-day Sabbath, observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening, is an important part of the beliefs and practices of seventh-day churches. These churches emphasize biblical references such as the ancient Hebrew practice of beginning a ...
.
Marcussen has offered to pay 1 million U.S. dollars to anyone who can find biblical proof of a Sunday Sabbath.
Books
Marcussen’s writings includes books by Amazing Truth Publications: ''Two Months to Live''; ''Cousin Henry Potter (and the Terrible Time Machine);'' and ''National Sunday Law.'' ''Seven Secrets of Family Happiness'' is published by “Southern Publishing Association,”
The Seventh-day Adventist denominational publisher, Southern Publishing Association, was located in Nashville, TN, and merged with the denominational
Review and Herald Publishing Association in 1980.
Marcussen’s ''National Sunday Law'' was published in 1983. By 2021, it has reached 48.1 million copies in 74 languages.
[''Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements'' by Thomas Robbins and Susan J. Palmer. 1997; p219] ''National Sunday Laws'' focuses on prophetic
apocalyptic interpretations and warnings from the biblical books of
Daniel
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...
and
Revelation
In religion and theology, revelation is the revealing or disclosing of some form of truth or knowledge through communication with a deity or other supernatural entity or entities.
Background
Inspiration – such as that bestowed by God on the ...
. Among other things, he discusses
the Beast in Revelation and the image and mark of The Beast in Revelation. National Sunday Law maintains that the United States government will soon enact a national
blue law
Blue laws, also known as Sunday laws, Sunday trade laws and Sunday closing laws, are laws restricting or banning certain activities on specified days, usually Sundays in the western world. The laws were adopted originally for religious reasons ...
that would mandate Sunday as being a day of rest and worship.
Videos
* ''Catholic Charismatic Attack (on God's SDA Church)'' series
* ''Roman Catholic Attack (on God's SDA Church)'' series
* ''Revelation Studies'' series
Newsletter
Jan Marcussen publishes a newsletter that chronicles the advancement toward a
civil law requiring worship on Sundays (the
Lord's Day
The Lord's Day in Christianity is generally Sunday, the principal day of communal worship. It is observed by most Christians as the weekly memorial of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who is said in the canonical Gospels to have been witnessed al ...
in historic Christianity).
Cultural references
Marcussen's ''National Sunday Law'' was in part the inspiration for the 2004 action movie, The 4th Beast: Mask of the Antichrist. Director Nathyn Masters, an alumnus of Chicago's
Columbia College, recounts
[ ] 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
''Left Behind'' is a multimedia franchise that started with a series of 16 bestselling religious novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. It focuses on a seven-year conflict between the Tribulation Force, an underground network of converts, a ...
.
See also
*
Historic Adventism
Historic Adventism is an informal designation for conservative individuals and organizations affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church who seek to preserve certain traditional beliefs and practices of the church. They feel that the church l ...
References
External links
Online editionof ''National Sunday Law''.
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American Seventh-day Adventists
American Seventh-day Adventist ministers
American male writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)