"You shall be called by a new name"

[FlyersFan]

Something to think about ... 

"You shall be called by a new name
bestowed by the mouth of the LORD." Is 62:2
 "To the victor I shall give some of the hidden manna; I shall also give a white [stone] upon which is inscribed a new name, which no one knows except the one who receives it." Rev 2:17

When we are born, our Earthly parents give us a name for us to use on Earth.  But apparently when we die, we are given a new name in the afterlife.  A name that corresponds to our true selves.  It is our 'forever' name.  It describes who we are, probably using expanded words and language that we don't know here on earth.

In the bible, God changed peoples names when they were given a new mission by Him.
For example Abraham and Simon Peter.   
When people are adopted they get new names. 
Same with when people get married.

The afterlife will be new and what we do will be so different, I suppose having a new name that matches who our inner self really is would make sense.   
 
 I'm wondering what my name will be.
I guess it depends on what I do here on Earth during life, I suppose.

[Sirius]

This was beautiful, wanted to thank you at the time but things happened. 

It helped me when I needed it and also lead me to a breakthrough on one of my studies, so good stuff all round.

[Maxmars]

I somehow missed this...

The idea of this secret name got me thinking...  I understand that I won't know my true name until I can (truly) be my true self.

But I wonder how I'm going to find my wife, if I don't know her true name.  I mean, I never really 'could' know, in life (nor could she.)

How will I find her, I wonder?  Will she really want me to?

I'm sure the biblical context is for a more grandiose characters than I, but it's the little things that worry me; after all, I'm one of them.