“Spiritual darkness has covered the earth and gross darkness the people.  There are in many churches skepticism and infidelity in the interpretation of the Scriptures.  Many, very many, are questioning the verity and truth of the Scriptures.  Human reasoning and the imaginings of the human heart are undermining the inspiration of the Word of God, and that which should be received as granted, is surrounded with a cloud of mysticism.  Nothing stands out in clear and distinct lines, upon rock bottom.  This is one of the marked signs of the last days.”  1SM:15.2.

 

“The spirit of prophecy is here seen among the especial signs of the last days.  Its revival in the last days was to constitute one of the most noted signs of the approaching end.  This is evident from its being classed with the most prominent signs, in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars, and such wonders, in the heavens above, and in the earth beneath, as blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.”  1SP:10.1.

 

“[164.1] Satan is moving with his power from beneath to inspire men to form alliances and confederacies of evil against light and against the Word of God.  Infidelity, papacy and semi-papacy are coming in close and powerful companionship with professed Christianity.  The low views of inspiration, the exalting of human ideas from men called wise, are placing human talent above the Divine wisdom, and forms and science, so-called, above the power of vital godliness.

 

“[164.2] These are the signs of the last days.”  2MR:164.1-2.

 

“One of the signs of the last days is, that professed Christians are lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.  Deal truly with your own soul.  Search carefully.  How few, after a faithful examination, can look up to Heaven. . .”  2T:144.2.

 

“I speak the things I know; I testify to you the things which I have seen when I say there is among our youth, among educated young men of professedly Christian parents, a grievous offense in the sight of God, which is so common that it constitutes one of the signs of the last days.  It is so full of evil tendencies as to call for decided exposure and denunciation.  It is the sin of regarding with levity or contempt their early vows of consecration to God.  In a religious interest the Holy Spirit moved upon them to take their stand wholly under the bloodstained banner of Prince Immanuel.  But the parents were so far from God themselves, so busily engaged in worldly business, or so filled with doubts and dissatisfaction in regard to their own religious experience, that they were wholly unfitted to give them instruction.  These youth, in their inexperience, needed a wise, firm hand to point out the right way and to bar with counsel and restraint the wrong way.”  5T:40.2.

 

“The spirit of intense worldliness that now exists, the disposition to acknowledge no higher claim than that of self-gratification, constitutes one of the signs of the last days.”  5T:365.3.

 

“The majority of the marriages of our time and the way in which they are conducted make them one of the signs of the last days.  Men and women are so persistent, so headstrong, that God is left out of the question.  Religion is laid aside, as if it had no part to act in this solemn and important matter.”  AH:71.2.

 

“The marriage relation is holy, but in this degenerate age it covers vileness of every description.  It is abused and has become a crime which now constitutes one of the signs of the last days, even as marriages, managed as they were previous to the Flood, were then a crime.  When the sacred nature and the claims of marriage are understood, it will even now be approved of Heaven; and the result will be happiness to both parties, and God will be glorified.”  CCh:133.5.

 

“One of the signs of the “last days” is the disobedience of children to their parents.”  CG:229.1.

 

“[CL:11.3] We are now to use all our entrusted capabilities in giving the last warning message to the world. In this work we are to preserve our individuality. We are not to unite with secret societies or with trades unions. We are to stand free in God, looking constantly to Christ for instruction. All our movements are to be made with a realization of the importance of the work to be accomplished for God. 

 

“In Disregard of the Decalogue.

 

“[CL:11.4] These unions are one of the signs of the last days.”  CL:11.3-4; 7T:84 (1904).

 

“One of the sins that constitute one of the signs of the last days, is that professed Christians are lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.”  MYP:84.1.

 

“Having before us the picture of the world’s demoralization upon the point of fashion, how dare professed Christians follow in the path of the worldling?  Shall we appear to sanction these demoralizing fashions by adopting them?  Many do adopt the fashions of the world, but it is because Christ is not formed within them, the hope of glory.  Luxurious living, extravagant dressing, is carried to such an extent as to constitute one of the signs of the last days.”  MYP:359.3.

 

“The majority of the marriages of our time, and the way in which they are conducted, make them one of the signs of the last days.  Men and women are so persistent, so headstrong, that God is left out of the question.  Religion is laid aside, as if it had no part to act in this solemn and important matter.  But unless those who profess to believe the truth are sanctified through it, and exalted in thought and character, they are not in as favorable a position before God as the sinner who has never been enlightened in regard to its claims.”  MYP 460.2; RH, September 25, 1888.

 

“And the man who allows his wife to occupy the second place in his affections is dishonoring himself and his God.  This thing is one of the signs of the last days.”  TSB:200.5.