"Yea, it shall come in a day when there shall be heard of fires, and tempests, and vapors of smoke in foreign lands. And there shall also be heard of wars, rumors of wars, and earthquakes in divers places. Yea, and it shall come in a day when there shall be great pollutions up the face of the earth."
I think of the news we've reported just recently - the tsunami and earthquake in Japan that killed so many people. The recent tornados - 1,032 of them reported in April alone. The worst April on record before that the worst was 267 back in 1974. Normally a handful of people die per month in tornados. 875 lost their lives in April.
Another part of the chapter says the Book of Mormon will come in a day when some will say it's okay to do anything you want and Lord will uphold you at the last day. It also says there will be murders and lying and whoredoms and all manner of abominations. We are certainly seeing plenty of that too.
The fulfilling of these Book of Mormon prophecies is just one more indication of its truthfulness.
Those are some of my favorite verses in the Book of Mormon too. It's what the gospel is really about - charity and love. I really like verse 48 too where we are told how to get this charity if we don't have it: "pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love."
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