During the final season of Lost it was stated several times that an escape by MIB would be catasto phic. It was not clear exactly what would have happened though. During "The End" we saw MIB become mortal when Desmond removed the "cork" and the light and water were disrupted. Had Jack failed, MIB would have escaped in a mortal body. Locke's body was that of an approximately 55 year old man so a mortal MIB running amuk in the world "across the sea" is not much of a risk. The damage to the world that MIB could have caused would have been limited. The biggest danger that we saw during "The End" would have been the fallout from MIB's plan... a sunken island and the death of all life. It is not clear if that death would have been immediate or gradual, but clearly life would end if the island had sunk.
What may have happened had MIB escaped the island... by Jeremy Wolfe
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Neo/Architect conversation explains the Visual Inconsistencies in LOST by Haj
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In one of their last podcasts, Damon mentioned the Neo/Archictect conversation from the Matrix. In this scene, when Neo reacts to statements made by the architect, an array of monitors behind him displays some of the possible, or alternate, reactions Neo could have made. Despite all of those possibilities, free will led to the reaction Neo ultimately chose.
In LOST, whatever happened, happened. Despite minor changes in history that may occur due to acts of free will, the universe course-corrects. Desmond altered history by saving Charlie, yet Charlie ultimately died anyway. Desmond used his free will to alter history, forcing the Universe to course correct.
The important point to keep in mind isn't that the Universe course corrects, it's that DESPITE the course corrections, there existed an array of possibilities that have or might have occurred in defiance of WHH. The visual inconsistencies we witnessed (Chang's changing ties, the record players, the picture frames, the changing monologue in each iteration of Rousseau's recording, etc...), were the equivalent of the array of monitors in the Architect's office showing us what could have been despite WHH.
How Jacob and Eloise Knew About the Future by Jhisc9999
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I think Jacob could see the future and that this was made possible by the Losties’ time travel back to 1977. The light is in each of us, so the light traveled back too and Jacob could connect with it. He could see events that were to occur, especially death. This is why he ordered the runway to be built. I think he shared this gift with Eloise and that she could see flashes (like Desmond) of the future. Hence, she knew about the man in the red shoes. Desmond's flashes were also about someone who was going to die - Charlie. Jacob's and Eloise's clairvoyance was limited to the point when the Losties vanished off the Ajira flight. From that moment on, neither knew what was going to happen.
Jacob The Time Traveler by WhoIsJohnLocke
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This will be my last ever theory. And perhaps my first good one. ;)
I believe that many of the mysteries surrounding Jacob that remained after the series ended can be explained rather simply: Before his death, Jacob had time traveled, perhaps also to the past, but definitely to the future. A few points I'd like to make first:
Only the Good Die Jung recap by pixiedustkaty
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Here's a recap of my original theory with some corrections now that I've seen the end of the show. The show LOST is based on the writings of Carl Jung, especially his Pisces 1 and Pisces 2 Theory about the End of Days. The show is about the beginning of the End of Days. At the end of the Age of Pisces, Jung predicted a battle between Good and Evil based on mythology and ancient literature. The signs for the End of Days include pregnant women suffering, mountain and island will disappear and a woman will give birth to a male child and the demons will want to destroy that child. The members of the 10 Lost tribes of Jacob will be scattered all over the planet and husbands won't even be speaking to wives and all of the tribes will reunite at the End of Days. That's why I thought the episode title "LA X" means "The Ten".
The setting for the battle is place in afterlife called Shoel. Shoel is the entrance to Heaven and Hell. These sections of Shoel were easy to identify:
