Paul jumps in after his core greeting and expresses anxiety that Galatia is turning away from Jesus and to a false Good News.
He then emphasizes that there is only one Gospel or Good News that was Jesus the Savior of mankind's WORK and OBEDIENCE to the Father.
Paul explains that men and wicked angels are trying to pervert the Good News with lies and extends that doing so will bring the Curse of the Mosaic law upon them.
Curse is a reference to all Mosaic law.
Deuteronomy 31:
25*That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,
26*Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
27*For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the Lord; and how much more after my death?
Deuteronomy 28:
15*But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
A side note is that the curses that follow parallel the outpouring of God's wrath in Revelation, and immediate things that have already occurred.
Paul then EMPHASIZES that the Curse of the Law is for ALL who Distort the TRUTH of the Gospel. Because the Law brings a curse, it is clear that the Law of OBEDIENCE is already being written as being in diametric opposition to the Gospel of FAITH.
Paul then states that He is not concerned with the approval of his Brothers of Judaism or the government or the BoC. Above all, Paul had previously been a law Obedient Jew, and commissioned by Judaism and the Government of Rome to kill the message of the Way.
When Paul calls himself a slave to Christ, he is referring to the imprisonment, judgment and absolute threat of torture and death that is threatening the BoC for delivering the blasphemous (In the eyes of the Proud, Religious and Government) message of the Gospel that all people are Loved by the Supreme Creator, and that simple Faith in this brings eternal life! The Gospel took power away from Man Made Religious Structure and Man Made Government, Simultaneously. The days of a human being standing as the authority of God were failing. The message of the Cross made all equal in the eyes of Jesus/God. Nobody with any spread of personal pride or desire to rule wanted the Gospel to survive.
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