That being said, I too believe that we will experience many calamities that will prepare us to meet the Savior. I think that one of the things that will help prepare us to meet Him will be the physical destruction of much that makes us unprepared to meet Him now.
This pattern has been established as with the Israelites being removed from Egypt- like someone else posted. The destruction of the cities in the America’s before the Savior appeared to the Nephites.
My top 3 votes are- plague: starting in Salt Lake area. EMP/Nuke: Electronics no longer the having a hold on the people’s minds [along with total destruction of all Internet/electronically viewed porn], Economic Collapse: All enterprise ceases, revolutions take place, and infrastructure breaks down.
very true Ruth