Paul's Ascent to Paradise: The Apostolic Message and Mission of Paul in the Light of His Mystical Experiences

by James D. Tabor

We do encounter the claim that “the resurrection is past” or that the “Day of the Lord has already come,” in two later letters attributed to Paul in which he labels those preaching such ideas as heretical (2 Timothy 2:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2).