Yes you read the title properly, Benjamin Linus is dead.
We now know the island has a history of reincarnating or at least reanimating the dead in some capacity. We saw this with Christian Shephard and now John Locke. It is fair to discern from Lockes' complete physical reincarnation that Christian too has been reincarnated along the same process. Locke ate fruit next to Ilana on the beach, something the dead wouldn't be too fussy about doing to keep themselves alive. We have not received any confirmation of Christians' situation, but Lockes journey makes it fair to assume Christian too lives again.
However what does this have to do with Ben? The answer is compex yet simple, it involves Jacob and it involves sacrifice. Let's rewind back to our visits to Jacobs cabin. Inside amongst lots of dust and possible red herrings, we see some strange jars filled with bodily fluid. The colour of each differs (blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm). There has been some speculation as to what these are already, and a popular theory is they are the remains of failed island pregnancies, in essence sacrifices Jacob has demanded. I agree Jacob has demanded them, however I believe instead of them being failed pregnancy offerings, that each jar is a sample of each 'resurrected' person. That means one for Christian, one for Locke amongst others....and one for Ben!
Yes ladies and gentlemen, Ben at some point in his past has died. We have no reasonable way of figuring out the when or how of his death, but we have been presented enough clues to at least determine he was killed at one point. If we take the show at face value as of episode 5x07, we are aware that Jacob can communicate through emissaries. These emissaries we can assume are either ghosts of special dead people, or the reincarnations of his right hand men. Christian acts as Jacobs servant, reincarnated after the 815 crash to facilitate Jacobs agenda. However this has not always been the case, as Christian has lived a life off island, raised a family etc. Therefore who have facilitated Jacobs agenda previously?
Richard has not as he has never seen Jacob. Locke is almost there, being groomed by Jacob and I believe that now Locke has died he will be able to fully see and interact with Jacob if he returned to the cabin. This doesn't answer Bens case though. I posit that Ben left the island once before prior to his turning of the donkey wheel. His journey was not conditional of never returning, he was never exiled. Instead he may have had a mission like Locke to perform in Jacobs name. However the only condition was that he had to die, just like Locke and just like Christian. More specifically I believe that the right hand man of choice goes through a grooming process which culminates with an off island death, and island ressurection. At which point they are fully embraced by the island. Ben died before the 815 crash occured, we will see his off island death through flashback, his reincarnation and his first complete interaction with Jacob.
Therefore the Ben Linus we see walking around since 815 crashed (both on and off island) is completely down to island ressurection. For the naysayers who believe that the reincarnated would die again if they left the island, if Jacob cured cancer for Rachel and stopped a gun from killing Michael, it can keep whoever it wants alive. Upon death, a sample is absorbed and taken for presentation to Jacob in his cabin. A true physical mark of the sacrifice, as part of the ceremony of rebirth. Theory by Snaketongue
We now know the island has a history of reincarnating or at least reanimating the dead in some capacity. We saw this with Christian Shephard and now John Locke. It is fair to discern from Lockes' complete physical reincarnation that Christian too has been reincarnated along the same process. Locke ate fruit next to Ilana on the beach, something the dead wouldn't be too fussy about doing to keep themselves alive. We have not received any confirmation of Christians' situation, but Lockes journey makes it fair to assume Christian too lives again.
However what does this have to do with Ben? The answer is compex yet simple, it involves Jacob and it involves sacrifice. Let's rewind back to our visits to Jacobs cabin. Inside amongst lots of dust and possible red herrings, we see some strange jars filled with bodily fluid. The colour of each differs (blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm). There has been some speculation as to what these are already, and a popular theory is they are the remains of failed island pregnancies, in essence sacrifices Jacob has demanded. I agree Jacob has demanded them, however I believe instead of them being failed pregnancy offerings, that each jar is a sample of each 'resurrected' person. That means one for Christian, one for Locke amongst others....and one for Ben!
Yes ladies and gentlemen, Ben at some point in his past has died. We have no reasonable way of figuring out the when or how of his death, but we have been presented enough clues to at least determine he was killed at one point. If we take the show at face value as of episode 5x07, we are aware that Jacob can communicate through emissaries. These emissaries we can assume are either ghosts of special dead people, or the reincarnations of his right hand men. Christian acts as Jacobs servant, reincarnated after the 815 crash to facilitate Jacobs agenda. However this has not always been the case, as Christian has lived a life off island, raised a family etc. Therefore who have facilitated Jacobs agenda previously?
Richard has not as he has never seen Jacob. Locke is almost there, being groomed by Jacob and I believe that now Locke has died he will be able to fully see and interact with Jacob if he returned to the cabin. This doesn't answer Bens case though. I posit that Ben left the island once before prior to his turning of the donkey wheel. His journey was not conditional of never returning, he was never exiled. Instead he may have had a mission like Locke to perform in Jacobs name. However the only condition was that he had to die, just like Locke and just like Christian. More specifically I believe that the right hand man of choice goes through a grooming process which culminates with an off island death, and island ressurection. At which point they are fully embraced by the island. Ben died before the 815 crash occured, we will see his off island death through flashback, his reincarnation and his first complete interaction with Jacob.
Therefore the Ben Linus we see walking around since 815 crashed (both on and off island) is completely down to island ressurection. For the naysayers who believe that the reincarnated would die again if they left the island, if Jacob cured cancer for Rachel and stopped a gun from killing Michael, it can keep whoever it wants alive. Upon death, a sample is absorbed and taken for presentation to Jacob in his cabin. A true physical mark of the sacrifice, as part of the ceremony of rebirth. Theory by Snaketongue
