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WOMAN'S PRIVILEGES 155
who are now women cannot become heirs of the
heavenly kingdom. The Christian Greek Scriptures
report many women who became joint heirs
with Christ. But it is not as creatures of flesh and
blood of the female sex that they will finally enter
God's kingdom . They have now been born from
water and spirit and are a "new creation" in union
with Christ . When they die a sacrificial death
with Christ, they cease forever from the flesh,
and in the resurrection to heavenly life, the apostle
Paul says, they as well as their faithful brothers
will be "changed" to spirit creatures, females
no longer . All will form Christ's bride .
s In proof that all those now in spiritual union
with Christ are a "new creation" Galatians 3 :26-
29 reminds them : "You are all, in fact, sons of
God through your faith in Christ Jesus . For all
of you who were baptized into Christ have put on
Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
neither slave nor freeman, there is neither male
nor female ; for you are all one in union with
Christ Jesus . Moreover, if you belong to Christ,
you are really Abraham's seed, heirs with reference
to a promise ." NW There is no distinction
as to male and female, in that all were privileged
to accept the true faith, devote themselves to God,
be decl ared righteous and be baptized into union
with Christ Jesus. Equally with the males, the
female Christians hold hopes of living and ruling
as kings with Christ for a thousand years and
being priests of God and of Christ . All are "living
3 . In what respects is there neither male nor female in
Christ?