Corinthians and Reality Crafting
If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.
This verse feels like it is a direct representation of what will ultimately happen to each of us in this timeline, and how reality crafting works. This image of the house is one's own internal mind which one crafts, through the blueprints laid out in the Bible, and the assistance of God. I could see one building their house in another way, could such an alternate path be successful and bring joy? Regardless, the flames will come. Seen from another perspective, these houses are the structure of the pockets of eep. In the optimal arrangement one's pocket is prepared in this lifetime to be fireproof, as well as livable, neither too grandiose for the materials used, nor too restrictive to disallow a childlike creativity to bloom one's pocket once inside. This is reminding me of my own journey into such a place, one where it is unclear if I left to return here, or in an instant replicated the world I knew, blooming said pocket before I had any comprehension of how that might work. If the latter is the case, then I imagine the outcome was unexpectedly accurate, though I am unsure if accuracy is the only/best measure of success.
I am now picturing the narrow gate as the a pathway with an uncertain end, of a kind. Too far left and one ends up with a burned down house, too far right and the realm is too restrictive to bloom (Or vice versa; this, like nearly everything I say, is not a political statement, but a matter of mapping). The path to one's optimal structure is not set in stone, but it's constantly in flux with the end in mind; every belief and action is some form of step to this final optimal outcome for the individual, or one away from it. It seems The Spirit can scooch you now, with your permission, and Jesus can scooch you when all the cards are down, utilizing his ability to enter such pockets (having entered the realm of Death already). So ultimately one will be set free, but as Paul says it may be as one escaping through the flames.
This image feels very clear cut to me, although I am not sure it is the same way for others. Those with a heart for God will find themselves secure and receiving a reward, those without said heart will not have the structural integrity to withstand the flames. From this perspective it make sense to endure here, building and refining one's structure, for as long as necessary, until one's end is called, in one way or another.
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