As childish as it may seem, when I read this passage, the first thing I was reminded of was The Last Battle, the last book in The Chronicles of Narnia. At the very end of the book, long story short, everyone pretty much dies. Then, they are all together walking in a place a lot like what was described. They later come to find out that they all did actually die and where they are now is heaven. Another long story short, the way heaven is described is unbelievable.
I thought of this because the major undertone I got from the reading was that life as God intended it is so much greater than anything we could ever imagine. God had it right from the beginning, we were to live in the garden in perfect fellowship with Him. Now when we live our lives, all too often we try to find happiness in meaning in life apart from God. And the truth of it is that we may find bits of it here and there, but never anything close to what God intended. God intended to have perfect fellowship with us, He designed us for that end, so for us to truly find happiness and meaning in life, it can only happen through seeking that fellowship with God, through seeking life as God intended it.
To make this relevant to the reading, I would say that the man represents the ideals of our society today, of striving to reach a goal we know nothing about. The man was absolutely convinced that he had it all figured out and was on the way to somewhere important when in reality, he was missing what mattered, and even more so what was real, the whole time. He lived to reach the end he thought would matter, all the while missing out on experiencing life as it was intended.
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