when God takes away your identity because no man can see God and live, what is left in you?
One actually sees the PIT, the abyss, the emptiness that kept them seeking for everything they ever wanted and needed: The chasm between us and God (the rich man saw in gehenna) was experienced by the rich man in me: I also experienced being in Abraham's bosom but neither side could any longer cross over to the other:
it is written that when Jesus comes he splits the Mt of Olives (place of anointing in our head) and his feet stand here with one on the land (consciousness) and one on the sea (subconscious) and he swears to God that he will reveal the truth told to us by all the prophets:
Rev 10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
Rev 10:6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
Rev 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
I will post the whole chapter to also show that this brings us to the END of time, or timelessness
we will have redeemed the time where the days are evil: The little book is the book of life, the Torah or law that when GRASPED is a tree of life: and those who are grafted into that tree are the same ones whose names are written in the "Book of life":
Pro 3:1 ¶ My son, forget not my law (TORAH); but let thine heart keep my commandments:
The Torah is wisdom to the Jew and so wisdom is also the tree of Life:
Pro 3:18 She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
Pro 3:19 ¶ The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
I didn't know that my first name was not written in the "book of life" but my second name that is given to me after my new birth is written therein:
it is the NEW MAN in Christ that receives eternal life because this man is MADE FOR IT:
Rev 10:1 ¶ And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow [was] upon his head, and his face [was] as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
Rev 10:2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and [his] left [foot] on the earth,
Rev 10:3 And cried with a loud voice, as [when] a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
Rev 10:4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
Rev 10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
Rev 10:6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that ((((there should be time no longer)))):
Rev 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, ((((the mystery of God should be finished))))), as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
This is the mystery of having Christ given to us to MEDIATE between us and GOD: Paul said the MYSTERY of the Marriage relationship is CHRIST and his Church: what he meant is how GOD MAKES US ONE AGAIN with God through UNION with Christ, just like male and female become ONE in marriage if they learn to LOVE one another as God loves them.
Rev 10:8 ¶ And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go [and] take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
Rev 10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take [it], and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
Rev 10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
ITS sweet to speak the word, to eat it but once we metabolize it and realize that it is MAKING US ONE WITH IT, our stomach can become and will become bitter: We learn the hard way that others don't appreciate HOW GOD LOVES at all when they want nothing to do with us because we claim to bring his WORD into the world:
Rev 10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
bottom line, when YOU ARE GONE as you know yourself, through self relfection, and become a REFLECTION of the WORD because GOD MANIFESTS in the flesh and the word becomes flesh in you, the self love changes so much that you no longer recognize the old you and neither do others;
my sister wrote me this morning and said just that to me: She kept this from me for 17 years and really tried to get along with the new me and I really felt she was doing fine with me:
but she told me for all purposes, her sister was gone to her and she missed her (my old self) very much; so much so that she no longer feels a desire to stay in touch: Thats how much God changes you: