Mark 13: 26 & 27 Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in clouds’ with great power and glory. But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Rev. 3:7 & 8 ¶ And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens: “I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.”
“…On the question of whether baptism would render slaves free, the Virginia General Assembly decided, “It is enacted and declared by this Grand Assembly, and the authority thereof, that the conferring of baptism does not alter the condition of the person as to his bondage or freedom.” This statute encouraged white enslavers to evangelize their human chattel since baptized slaves would not be freed. In the words of the assembly, “Masters, freed from this doubt, may more carefully endeavor the propagation of Christianity “by permitting children, though slaves, or those of greater growth if capable, to be admitted to that sacrament.” Jemar Tisby, “The Color of Compromise”