Hello LearningToLetGo,
What are you? - Extra content for below - Flesh Vs Spirit
What are you when you die and your sinful nature is stripped away to reveal the new man?
From what is understood about Adam being earthly, and the Second Adam being Yeshua coming down from heaven being the Word of God, and what Paul talks about in 1 Corinthians 15, I believe upon death, our judgement is given instantly and my soul will be given a spiritual body as a gift from God himself (and believe he does this for all people who pass away from this life), and my hope is to be able to go and be with Yahweh in the Kingdom of God, and my other hope is those who were faithless in this life, also are able be able to live outside of the kingdom of God, due to God's will and desires for having all to come to know about his son. Though they may not be Sons or Daughters, or Children of God, due to - faithlessness.
What does this new man look like?
The new man or woman, is the new born creation in the heart, and soul of an individual who has come to understand all the things that Jesus had done and overcame, such as Hell, Satan and his Demons, the Grave, Temptation, Sin, DNA/Genetics, the Wrath of God was poured out on the nation of Israel in 70 Ad, and when a person come to understand these things, and knows what He had accomplished, all people now have the choice to - believe, to seek, to know God through their subjective relationship with Him, and the bible is useful to help a person grow in their knowledge, and increase their faith.
The new man/woman cannot be seen it is an internal change from with-in caused by Christ in which the Holy Spirit of God, and the Spirit of Christ is sent to live with-in you, and now you having a new born again experience which all things become new to you, in a different way allowing God to work on your heart and mind.
Will you even recognize yourself?
You will know who you are spiritually while you walk around this life, if you are confident in your faith and belief in the Lord Yeshua, who gives you eternal life, while you actively participate by abiding in him, and praying and having an active relationship with Yahweh, and reading the scripture to learn the things about Gods Son, and also learning from the Apostles, and the Prophets of Old. You will at least in part know who you are in Christ if you desire to know, and seek, and believe these things founded in the bible. Totally a subjective experience for any individual seeker.
Will you have a self to recognize?
Your own soul, is your heart/mind/will/emotion; everything God given, what one does with their soul is up to them. All of us reap what we sow.
Lastly, can you realize this new man now, in the flesh? If so, how would your experience of life change?
Believe answered already, to reiterate, the Old man is put in the grave, being dead with Christ, the New Man/Woman is risen again with Christ through faith in his Resurrection.
Thank you for your thought provoking questions.