On receiving this revelation and understanding that Jesus was the glorified Messiah, Paul had to radically change his whole outlook, which was that of a fervent Pharisee. Previously, as he saw it, the road to God was the Law; now he has become convinced that the Law on its own is inadequate, because Jesus, the Messiah and Son of God, was condemned according to the Law, became accursed of the Law (see Gal 3:13). Previously, he thought that the true Israel was still the one descended from Abraham according