pt. 1: The language of imminence -- Paul, Jesus and the language of imminence -- Between daybreak and day: the Pauline evidence -- Dawn's first light: the evidence from Jesus' teaching -- The origin of an orientation -- pt. 2: The dominion of God -- The reign of the regent: Paul and the basileia tou theou -- The realm of possibilities: Jesus and the basileia tou theou -- pt. 3: The community of Christ -- Paul and the body of Christ -- Jesus and the foundation stones -- pt. 4: Paul, Jesus and the Israel of God -- Paul and the plight of his people -- Jesus and the Jews' just due -- pt. 5: The Day of the Lord -- Perusing the parousia: the Pauline evidence -- Future shock: Jesus on the coming Son of Man -- pt. 6: The resurrection of the dead -- Body language: Paul and the resurrection -- Before and afterlife: Jesus and the resurrection -- pt. 7: Jesus, Paul and the end of the world -- The eschatological schema -- The future of a future in a modern world.