You take it literally... Think of it as a metaphor...
“that the taking of the MOB is a sign of worship of the beast”
Has not the Liberal cult embraced this worship of the beast at every opportunity? The Government is the beast, and it is indeed being worshiped and forced on others.
Actually I don't. My eschatology is amillenial. I'm only responding in a literalist sense to those who take Revelation literally. I only bother to reply because I find it offensive to believe that God would allow the saved to be tricked into losing salvation.