This twelve page paper examines why ever since ancient times, philosophers and theologians have taught
that unless there is meaning and purpose in peoples lives, that unless they understand why they suffer, rejoice, toil, and exert themselves, they will never comprehend the meaning of life and will not truly live, but merely exist. People are never satisfied with merely existing. On their journey between birth and death, they want to know why they exist, and many look to angels for personal assurance and guidance in their lives because God seems so remote and inaccessible.