I'm sure you're right about divine intention, Steve, but I have heard that once we blow this vale of tears, we won't be looking back. And all things will be made anew, and every tear will be dried.

In this world humans act like bugs. All we can conceive of is living in a hole in the ground, and doing what bugs do. When we achieve the next world, it will all become clear to the extent that God wills it. And we'll turn into butterflies and take wing, and wonder why on earth we carried on like bugs. This is all metaphorical. We won't really be butterflies. I hope.