What Would Christ's Leaders See in the Scriptures of the Last Days?

 If you would know of the signs of the times -- if you would look at our day and wonder if we are in those last days -- look to what is being said by a church that claims it was restored to the earth for this very reason -- because it is the last days.
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a church unlike any other on earth.
  Turn to one of their prophets, if you will. Their president is usually the one referred to as a prophet, but all of their apostles might be considered prophets, in a way.
   Dallin H. Oaks. And, if I said he is an apostle, that is one of the ways this church is different than any church on earth. How many churches on earth have a quorum of 12 apostles, same as the church Christ established when He walked upon this earth?
   Turn to Dallin H. Oaks, and a speech he gave in 2015. Preparation for the Second Coming, it is titled. As we reflect on whether we are in the last days, and what the signs are, and as we look about to seeing how they are being fulfilled, what better source to look to than one who might be (I say, he is) an apostle of the Savior's church in these last days?
  We may have our own thoughts on what is going on in these last days, but our wonderings will not be as sure to be counted on as those of prophets of the Lord.
   What signs are to be seen, as seen by this apostle-prophet, President Oaks? What signs have been prophesied that we should we watching for? President (he is now in the first presidency) looks at the scriptures and finds these prophecies:
   1. The fullness of the gospel restored and preached in all the world for a witness to all nations.
   2. False Christs and false prophets, deceiving many.
   3. Wars and rumors of wars, with nation rising up against nation.
   4. Earthquakes in divers places.
   5. Famine and pestilence.
   6. An overflowing scourge, a desolating sickness covering the land.
   7. Iniquity abounding.
   8. The whole earth in commotion.
   9. Men's hearts failing them.
   President Oaks turns to The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2004, noting it shows twice as many earthquakes in the '80s and '90s as in the two decades before. And yet more sizable  increases as we enter this century. Floods and tidal waves, hurricanes, typhoons, and blizzards all show similar increases.
   And, President Oaks looks to the gathering of the faithful. He speaks of the Saints being gathered to places the church has been headquartered, and, these days, gathering in stakes throughout the world.
    "We are living in the prophesied time 'when peace shall be taken from the earth' (D&C 1:35), when 'all things shall be in commotion' and 'men's hearts shall fail them' " he says.
   Nations disavow their religious heritage, President Oaks notes -- and that is perhaps reference to America drifting from its moorings of Christianity.  Marriage is discarded, family responsibilities are discarded.  Movies and magazines and television shape our attitudes. Values disappear from public teachings. Youth and adults participate in pornography, body piercing, vile language, revealing dress, dishonest conduct, self-serving pleasures, and sexual indulgence. Opinion leaders deny the existence of God. Many deny individual responsibility, teaching instead dependence on others.
  President Oaks calls on the Saints to prepare, to have their lamps trimmed and burning, in such ways as by attending the temples.