A wise choice. The full theoretical work-up would take ages. Ok, so here's the short version with full, albeit ever so slightly modified, confirmation of your rightness. 1/

Part of the theory background is here. I note in passing that I'm not the threat researcher (that would be @MarieEBM and @TanyaKaroli, I'm there to supply theory with a third colleague, genre arch mage @AmyDevitt1). 2/ https://journals.uio.no/sakprosa/article/view/7416/7093

Be that as it may, research tends to agree that a threat has three elements: 1) Futurity, 2) senders responsibility for 3) listeners or readers harm: I will do THIS BAD THING to YOU in the FUTURE. 3/