Here he also notes that its size and power are both infinite by saying, "Neither its extent (infinite bending of space-time) nor its magnitude (infinite power of its event horizon--where even light cannot escape) could I see, nor was I able to estimate." He then tells the angel who was taking him on this journey that the "spectacle of this painful thing" frightens him; whereupon the angel tells him that this place is "the ultimate end of heaven and earth." Again, space and time as we know it go out of existence inside it. 