And it is not until the issue is ... plainly set before the people, and they are brought to choose between the commandments of God and the commandments of men, that those who continue in transgression will receive “the mark of the beast.” {FLB 286.7}

Og dette er det ikke før spørgsmålet er . . . . sat tydeligt frem for folk, og bliver sat i valget mellem Guds bud og menneskers bud, at dem som fortsætter med at overtræde vil modtage ”dyrets mærke.”