The prophet Nephi saw the state of the world in the last days before the return of Jesus Christ.
“…In the last days, or in the days of the Gentiles—yea, behold all the nations of the Gentiles and also the Jews, both those who shall come upon this land and those who shall be upon other lands, yea, even upon all the lands of the earth, behold, they will be drunken with iniquity and all manner abominations. And when that day shall come they shall be visited of the Lord of Hosts, with thunder and with earthquake, and with a great noise, and with storm, and with tempest, and with the flame of devouring fire.” (2 Nephi 27:1-2)
Questions:
-Has the earth been visited with thunder, earthquake, great noise, storms, tempest and the flame of devouring fire in our times?
-Have these kinds of events been more common in our modern times as compared to early times?
-Do you feel it is accurate to say that the world is “drunken with iniquity and all manner of abominations” in our time?
Teachings of Latter-day Prophets, Seers, and Revelators:
“I know of nothing in the history of the Church or in the history of the world to compare with our present circumstances. Nothing happened in Sodom and Gomorrah which exceeds in wickedness and depravity that which surrounds us now.
“Words of profanity, vulgarity, and blasphemy are heard everywhere. Unspeakable wickedness and perversion were once hidden in dark places; now they are in the open, even accorded legal protection.
“At Sodom and Gomorrah these things were localized. Now they are spread across the world, and they are among us” (Boyd K. Packer, “The One Pure Defense” [evening with a General Authority, Feb. 6, 2004], 4).
Messages of the Book of Mormon 