Hello
Is Anybody Home
“…. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” (Lu 18:8 NAS)
By Bob Gunderson
Dedicated to the memory of
My father Joel Gunderson
And
My beloved wife Rachel Gunderson
Who have passed from this life
Into the presence of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ
Contents
The Vision 4
Introduction 6
Chapter 1. To the Church in America 8
Chapter 2. Salvation 12
Chapter 3. More About Salvation 21
Chapter 4. Sanctification 27
Chapter 5. Faith and Works 37
Chapter 6. Seven Churches 42
Chapter 7. When Will These Things Be 59
Chapter 8. The Seven Seals 62
Chapter 9. The Seven Trumpets 67
Chapter 10. The Seven Bowls 75
Chapter 11. The Serpent, The Beast, and The Harlot 78
Chapter 12. The Rapture 85
Chapter 13. Christ Reigns on Earth 95
Chapter 14. Ready or Not 99
Chapter 15. Conclusion 104
The Vision
If I started out telling you about something that happened back in the good old days, people may laugh at me. Our present culture that has been infiltrated with evil philosophies, cancel culture, and socialist wannabes. But there were some good old days in my history when I was young and life was good. We did not have much money back then, but I was too young to know any difference.
Sunday was a day when you went to church. From my perspective people at church were happy and friendly. Sunday school was followed by a church service and we sang a lot and praised God. Sunday night service usually had time for testimonies as people shared what God had been doing in their lives. And then we sang a lot and the preacher preached and then we prayed at the altar. Life was good.
Did I say I was young? I was probably about five or six and the year was probably about 1957. I mention this because it may seem strange that a boy this young would remember the story I am going to relate. For some reason it caught my attention and remained in my memory all these years. It is because of our present trend that this vision remains so vivid in my mind. I have made inquiries with old acquaintances and have not yet found anyone who can verify my story, maybe because the ones who would have remembered it have all passed away.
The Vision
One Sunday a lady got up and shared a vision that she had received. It was obvious from the start that this vision had had a great impact upon her. She said that in her vision Jesus was returning and the roof of the church had opened up and she could see Him coming in the clouds. She said she began to shout and praise, for she was elated with joy. But when she looked around no one else in church seemed to notice that the roof had opened up and Jesus was coming in the clouds. She said she began to frantically go around trying to get people to look up and see Jesus, but they were too busy with what they were looking at. She said they all had what looked like cellophane in their hands and they were so intent looking at that cellophane that she could not get their attention.
I have been in evangelical circles all my life. Many times the current events have caught people’s attention as they look for signs of our Lord’s promised return. My memory of this vision has seemed to return to me at these times, keeping it fresh in my memory. There was a lot of excitement around discussions of Christ’s return in the late sixties and early seventies. When Hal Lindsey’s “Late Great Planet Earth” came out and Israel was at war, the signs of the time seemed to be everywhere.
The events of the last couple of years should be a real wake up call for those who still believe in Christ’s soon return. Maybe I am just getting old but I do not sense that very many people are taking notice. Never before has the vision I remember from my childhood seemed more real. The picture I had of people staring at cellophane in their hands has been replaced with what I see all around me, people staring at their cell phones. Could this lady from my childhood actually have had a vision of what I am seeing all around me today? Has the church become so distracted that they do not recognize the signs of the times? Is the church of today so out of touch with God’s Word that they are unaware of their own spiritual condition? Will those in church be caught off guard when Christ returns? If we wait until the trumpet sounds, then it will be too late!