[ōdin] is the same one that the Lord used when speaking of the beginning of sorrows [i.e., birth pains] in Matthew 24:8. Thus, concerning the end times, Paul chose biblical terminology that is purposefully familiar to his audience (5:1–3). Likewise, his readers need only recall the famous analogies with the days of Noah or Lot (cf. Luke 17:26–30). Essentially, the apostle Peter paints the same picture; the day of the Lord will come as a thief (2 Peter 3:3–10). The era of eschatological climax has