[Avodah] ad hayom hazeh

[Joseph Kaplan]

RAM suggested two different examples of analyzing possible desired end states: 
“1) Looking from the perspective of Adam and Chava before they sinned: Was
"the desired end state" an entry into Olam Haba the very next day? Or was
"the desired end state" that they should err, and then grow by learning
from that error?

2) From the perspective of the recently-freed Egyptian slaves: Was "the
desired end state" a quick entry into Eretz Yisrael? Or was "the desired
end state" that we should learn the lessons of 40 years in the desert, and
of a lengthy conquest of the Land?”

While both do raise interesting end state analyses, they’re very different. In the first, had they entered olam haba the next day, humanity’s existence would have no relationship to what actually happened; living in olam haba has nothing to do with living in the world that humanity has lived in since the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. In the second, while there may very well have been differences, the end result on both would have been that the Jewish people would have entered the land of Canaan and had to deal with the people living there, establishing a Jewish nation etc. etc.

Joseph