The Revelation received by the apostle John warned that the world of mankind that is alienated from God would make increasing demands shortly before its end, putting “under compulsion all persons, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, that they should give these a mark in their right hand or upon their forehead, and that nobody might be able to buy or sell except a person having the mark. ”
Atklāsmē, ko saņēma apustulis Jānis, bija ietverts brīdinājums, ka no Dieva atsvešinātā cilvēku pasaule neilgi pirms sava gala izvirzīs arvien lielākas prasības, cenšoties panākt, lai ” visi lielie un mazie, bagātie un nabagie, brīvie un vergi uzspiež zīmi uz savas labās rokas vai uz pieres, lai neviens nevarētu ne pirkt ne pārdot, kam nav šās zīmes ”.