Relevant Verses: Revelation 14:6-12

Leading Question: How does one know if a person has received the mark of the beast or the seal of God?

Behind the theme for this week’s lesson (“God’s Seal or the Beast’s Mark”) is the assumption that the situation today in America is similar to that of the late 19th century. The fact that we are still distributing the book The Great Controversy indicates that Adventists have difficulty in admitting the change.

So let me summarize the changes as clearly as possible under three headings:

1. Sunday Legislation. The national Sunday law movement was born in 1879; Congress ...