His (Paul's) consistent references to the day of the Lord (cf. Rom. 2:5, 13:12; 1 Cor. 1:8; 3:13; 5:5; 2 Cor. 1:14; Eph. 4:30; Phil. 1:6, 10; 2:16; 1 Thess. 5:2ff.; 2 Thess. 1:10; 2:2f.; 2 Tim. 1:12, 4:8), the coming judgment (cf. Rom. 2:16; 3:6; 8:23; 14:10; 1 Cor. 4:4; 6:2; 2 Cor. 5:10; 2 Thess. 1:9; 2 Tim. 4:1), the resurrection of the dead (cf. Rom. 6:5; 1 Cor. 6:14; 15:12ff.; 2 Cor. 4:14; Phil. 3:11, 21; 2 Tim. 2:18), and the messianic kingdom (cf. 1 Cor. 6:9, 10; 15:24, 50; Gal. 5:21; Eph. 5:5; Col. 4:11; 1 Thess. 2:12; 2 Thess. 1:5; 2 Tim. 4:1, 18) reveal his apocalyptic hermeneutical assumptions. He was theologizing within a preconceived, and widely presupposed, view of God, history, and the future. -John P. Harrigan