Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain, in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows are dimmed, and the doors on the street are shut—when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low— they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and desire fails, because man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets— ...

How big is a “keeper” in the Lord’s eyes? What sort of person gets into heaven? Revelation 7:9 mentions those in white robes, palm branches in hands, who praise God saying, “Salvation belongs to our God.” “Who are they?” verse 13 asks. To which verse 14 replies, “They are those who’ve washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb.” They’ve suffered for Jesus, coming through great tribulation. Now “they serve God night and day.” What a perfect description of a Christian. Their sins cleansed by Christ’s blood on the cross. Their new life lived in white-robed righteousness. Suffering, serving, worshiping.

Psalm 118:22 ESV / 36 helpful votes
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

