Parentheses added for emphasis are mine To many Greco-Romans readers, both Jews and gentiles, the promise of star-like (Starchild X2M.111-144) seed (Double Helix X2M.91-110) would have naturally been understood to imply that Abraham's seed would share in the indestructible life (PH11 Indestructible Element) of celestial beings. One could call this astralization or angelification or even deification, although Paul never does.For Paul, then, the gift of the pneuma brings about four significant and substantive changes that remedy the gentile problem. First, the gift of the pneuma, precisely because it is the pneuma of Abraham's seed, Christ, brings gentiles into a genealogical relationship with Abraham himself. Gentiles have now become real, material seed of Abraham (Gal Second, this material, pneumatic connection between Abraham and gentiles-in-Christ is also the pneuma of the son of God (Gal Thus, those in Christ become sons of God themselves. As a consequence, gentiles have been freed from the malevolent powers-the stoicheia—that rule the world.Third, this freedom from the powers of this evil age produces an inner transformation that brings about the solution to the gentile moral problem that Paul caricatures in Rom Fourth, and finally, through the reception of the pneuma, gentiles become seed of Abraham, a virtuous people who have been given the deposit (appaßúr) on all the promises of God (2 Cor Thiessen Matthew. 2016. Paul and the Gentile Problem. New York: Oxford University Press, 160.Glorification | The Final Frontier Going Boldly Where The Last Man has Gone Before! Decrease time over target: PayPal or Venmo @clastronaut Cash App $clastronaut