Who is Jesus According to Romans and Paul's Understanding of the Day of the Lord

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The day of the lord identifies the events that will take place at the end of the day. The Paul’s understanding of the day of the lord is the time during which God intervenes in person or through another person in order to attain a certain element of his plan for humankind. Paul perceives the day of the lord as an instant as opposed to a transient period. He view it as the ultimate end of time when all the people in the world that believe in the lord and his salvation will be redeemed from the world and rewarded for their commitment to the goal.
Paul’s perception on the day of the lord is an epitome of the reward and punishment. The return of the lord Jesus Christ will be marked with the redemption of the believers and the commitment of the nonbelievers to the eternal damnation. Paul encourages the Corinthians and Thessalonians to hold on to their belief in the lord since there will be a reward for their sacrifice and belief in the redeeming power of the blood spilt at Calvary.
Paul links draws his understanding of the day of the lord from the contextual issues and the promises mentioned in the Old Testament. The urgency and the imminence of the day of the lord is a reverberating theme in the Old Testament. Paul’s background in the law makes him connect his newly found belief with the prophecies in the Old Testament. He abhors the Thessalonians and Corinthians to work towards the mark, which is the eternal life at the end of their live...