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(I Pet. 2:12.) This shows us a distinction between theday of their visitation and the day of our visitation. ThisGospel Age, the present life, has become the day of ourvisitation, when in the Divine favor it is the time of forgivenessof our sins and of our being brought into relationshipwith the Father.No one can have these blessings now except he canexercise faith; otherwise he does not have his day ofvisitation now. "We who believe" and "enter into rest"are having our "day of visitation." God has come to usnow, and has adopted us into His family. And His Planis that if it so be that we are willing to suffer with ourLord, we shall also reign with Him in glory. This is ourvisitation day of honor.Will the remainder of mankind have a day of visitationand honor? Most assuredly so; they will have opportunityto avail themselves of the redeeming work of ourSavior. If their ears are not open now to hear and theireyes to see, the day will come when this will be so; if notnow, in the blessed opportunity we have, then it will comeby and by. But if we have our day of visitation andneglect these things; if after having put our "hand to theplow" and having received of the good Word of God, welook back; and "if we sin wilfully after that we havereceived the knowledge of the Truth, there remaineth nomore sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking forof judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devourthe adversaries" of the Lord.--Heb. 10:26,27.But those who do not share in this "day of visitation"will have an opportunity of coming into harmony withGod later. If they cannot be reached by the gentlemethods mentioned and the visitation by which God iscalling out the special class now, they will have an opportunityin the next Age, when judgment will be laid to theline and righteousness to the plummet; when all therighteous recompense of reward will be brought to bear,to give each one according to his course.R4994 : page 98====================LOVE OF THE BRETHREN A CRUCIAL TEST"Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethrento dwell together in unity."--Psa. 133:1.PSALM 133 is evidently prophetic and seemsto refer to the brethren in "the Church,which is the Body of Christ." This thoughtis implied in the second verse, which says,"It is like the precious ointment upon thehead, that ran down upon the beard, evenAaron's beard, that went down to the skirtsof his garments," which is a picture of theHoly Spirit running down over the Body of