It's all about Egyptian mythology.
The guy in black at the beginning was the Egyptian God of Evil, Apep.
Jacob is the Egpytian God, Set (or Seth).
Richard Alpert is Ra.
Horas was Horus.
The statue was Taweret.
Smokie (cerebus) is a Djinn.
Set overthrew Apep. Apep thinks people are bad and should all be wiped out. Set thinks people can be redeemed and should be spared. This whole thing was a test between the Gods to determine the fate of humanity. And I think they failed.
Jacob (Set) never was in the cabin. He was always in the shadow of the statue. Apep was trapped in the cabin. The Egyptian God Ash protected Set from Apep. Apep couldn't leave the Ash ring, trapping him in the cabin. When the line was broken, he was freed to cause chaos. He tricked Ben into thinking he was Jacob and didn't let him see him to anger Ben enough to kill the real Jacob. Locke's dead, the zombie Locke is actually Apep (or maybe Smokie). As God of Evil, Apep controls Cerebus, not Jacob. Ben was in fact getting two opposing sets of orders. One from Jacob (via Ra) and one from Apep, via Smokie. So, he was in fact actually a patsy just like Locke.
Also, Set ruled part of Egpyt, while Horus ruled the other half. Horus thought Set was evil and they had a war. Sound familiar?
So, while Locke and Ben were patsies for Apep, Jacob (Set) countered by making Jack his patsy. He anticipated Apep's move and used Jack to "undo" it.
The bomb did change things. They cut an important scene in which Daniel compared time to a river. A small pebble thrown into it would not change the course of the river and it would correct itself. But a large boulder could make a big splash and alter the river. The bomb was to make a big splash. They should have left this in. The bomb changed things.
But, wiki Set and Apep. That's your story.
The guy in black at the beginning was the Egyptian God of Evil, Apep.
Jacob is the Egpytian God, Set (or Seth).
Richard Alpert is Ra.
Horas was Horus.
The statue was Taweret.
Smokie (cerebus) is a Djinn.
Set overthrew Apep. Apep thinks people are bad and should all be wiped out. Set thinks people can be redeemed and should be spared. This whole thing was a test between the Gods to determine the fate of humanity. And I think they failed.
Jacob (Set) never was in the cabin. He was always in the shadow of the statue. Apep was trapped in the cabin. The Egyptian God Ash protected Set from Apep. Apep couldn't leave the Ash ring, trapping him in the cabin. When the line was broken, he was freed to cause chaos. He tricked Ben into thinking he was Jacob and didn't let him see him to anger Ben enough to kill the real Jacob. Locke's dead, the zombie Locke is actually Apep (or maybe Smokie). As God of Evil, Apep controls Cerebus, not Jacob. Ben was in fact getting two opposing sets of orders. One from Jacob (via Ra) and one from Apep, via Smokie. So, he was in fact actually a patsy just like Locke.
Also, Set ruled part of Egpyt, while Horus ruled the other half. Horus thought Set was evil and they had a war. Sound familiar?
So, while Locke and Ben were patsies for Apep, Jacob (Set) countered by making Jack his patsy. He anticipated Apep's move and used Jack to "undo" it.
The bomb did change things. They cut an important scene in which Daniel compared time to a river. A small pebble thrown into it would not change the course of the river and it would correct itself. But a large boulder could make a big splash and alter the river. The bomb was to make a big splash. They should have left this in. The bomb changed things.
But, wiki Set and Apep. That's your story.