PAUL'S ESCHATOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 
   (with some key passages noted) 

  
  
                                                "MESSIANIC             "AGE 
                     " T H I S   A G E "         SUFFERINGS"            TO
                                                                        COME" 
                      promise                     fulfilment-grace
                  (to all nations)                (to all nations)
  
CREATION->life                                       life-freedom-glory|->END 
          ____                                        _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____ 
              |                                     |                  |  
              |                                     |SPIRIT       REDEMPTION
         disobedience                        (RESURRECTION)      resurrection 
             SIN                           obedience-suffering     victory
              |                                     |                     
              | FLESH            [TORAH/LAW-"works"]| 
              |_____________________________________| _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|
                death              slavery/bondage                     |
          ^              ^       ^   corruption     ^               (death) 
         f A             A       M                 l A
         i D             B       O                 a D
         r A             R       S                 s A
         s M             A       E                 t M
         t               H       S                JESUS 
                         A                         the  
                         M                        CHRIST
  
     The Problem:    The Promise    Torah & its   Agent of       Redemption,
     Sin and Death   to "Nations"    Functions    Redemption     New Creation 
         ---            ---             ---          ---             ---
     Rom 1.18-7.25   Gal 3.7-29     Rom 2.1-3.31  1Co 15.        1Co 15.
                                    Gal 3.1-4.31  Rom 8.1-17     Rom 8.18-25
                                    2Co 3.            6.1-11     2Co 5.1-19 


  
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