When the Majority of the Members Turn Away From God
Here are some reasons why I'm not convinced the time is ripe for the first Utah earthquake, or for the real judgment level calamities to begin, at least not in Utah. Orson Pratt stated, "if the majority of this people will be faithful, the Lord will preserve them from their enemies, from every weapon that is lifted against them." (Journal of Discourses, 15:363, as quoted in Prophesies and Prophetic Promises by Roy W. Doxey, 1970, page 233). The same book (on the same page) quotes President Brigham Young as saying: "...we read that war, pestilence, plagues, famine, etc. will be visited upon the inhabitants of the earth; but if distress through the judgments of God comes upon this people, it will be because the majority have turned away from the Lord. Let the majority of the people turn away from the Holy Commandments which the Lord has delivered to us, and cease to hold the balance of power in the Church, and we may expect the judgments of God to come upon us; b...