I’ll keep this as brief as possible.
Who’s your daddy?
Locke was the last of the people who Jacob visited off island. When Locke falls, Jacob touches him and says, “Don't worry. Everything's going to be all right. I'm sorry this happened to you.”
When Locke dies, his body is brought back on Ajira flight 316. Using 316 as the flight number is, of course, significant. John 3:16 is one of the most popular passages in the Bible. It is, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
In a way, isn’t Jacob like God? He never forces anyone to do anything…he is an advocate of Free Will. He has supernatural powers. He draws people to the island. He may not be God, but he is definitely godlike. From his own perspective, he may consider himself to be God.
When asked, who lies in the shadow of the statue, Ricardo answers, “He who will save us all.” That seems to fit with John 3:16…”Whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” In other words, “Locke is the Savior. Believe in him and you will live." And if Jacob is God (or godlike), wouldn’t the Savior be the Son of God? Think about it. Did we ever find out who Locke’s father was? Isn’t it possible that it was Jacob?
Was Flocke playing Ben or was Ben playing Flocke?
The irony is that it is Mr. Black who assumes the form of a resurrected Locke, who we now call Flocke. But I think Jacob (and Ben) have a plan.
I think that Ben knew all of this. He orchestrated bringing back Locke’s body and then (over)acted surprised when Flocke was sitting at his bedside, very much alive. This was because he knew it was Flocke. He allowed Flocke to be under the illusion that Flocke was successfully playing Ben. Ben suggests visiting the smoke monster. Please....that's so unBenlike. He would never do that...unless he had a plan. He wanted to visit the monster so he would be told to follow Flocke, thus proving his undying allegiance to Flocke. But it was an act. He was doing what Jacob wanted him to do. We know that Jacob went off island to visit several of the Losties. Who says he didn’t visit Ben? Didn’t it strike anyone as strange that Ben had been permanently banished from the island, but then suddenly knew how he could get back? What if Jacob told him how?
Let’s visit Locke (the real Locke) in the hotel. He has the cord wrapped around his throat and is ready to commit suicide. Ben bursts in and stops him, gathers a bit of intel (which I think was just TPTB throwing in a weak explanation regarding why Ben stopped him), and then Ben kills him. Why? Because Jacob told him to. For whatever reason, suicide wouldn’t work. How very Christian-like.
Ben’s “What about me?” speech with Jacob was convincing, but if I’m right, it was staged by Jacob and Ben. Jacob wants Ben close to Flocke. He wants Flocke to trust him completely…to be his right hand. But at the proper time, Jacon wants Ben to double cross Flocke.
Is Ben Playing Everyone?
No character on Lost has more twists and turns than Ben. Ben refuses to be played--by anyone. And Ben is one revengeful SOB who lost his daughter. I think he knows that he has been played as a pawn for almost his whole life. Who is responsible for that? Flocke—absolutely. Jacob—maybe.
See, I see Jacob as someone who brings the players to the island and then lets the game play out. He barely interferes. Mr. Black gets involved. He tempts. He causes deaths. He wants to eliminate all the players. Ben may understand all of this now. And because his daughter died, he will obviously hate Mr. Black (Flocke). But he may also hate Jacob. He may feel that (like many people feel about the Christian concept of God) that Jacob should have gotten involved. Jacob should have intervened to prevent his daughter’s death. Just like he wanted to kill Penny, he may really want to kill Jacob as well. And I know that if anyone can pull off a double, triple or quadruple cross…it is Ben.
Who’s your daddy?
Locke was the last of the people who Jacob visited off island. When Locke falls, Jacob touches him and says, “Don't worry. Everything's going to be all right. I'm sorry this happened to you.”
When Locke dies, his body is brought back on Ajira flight 316. Using 316 as the flight number is, of course, significant. John 3:16 is one of the most popular passages in the Bible. It is, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
In a way, isn’t Jacob like God? He never forces anyone to do anything…he is an advocate of Free Will. He has supernatural powers. He draws people to the island. He may not be God, but he is definitely godlike. From his own perspective, he may consider himself to be God.
When asked, who lies in the shadow of the statue, Ricardo answers, “He who will save us all.” That seems to fit with John 3:16…”Whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” In other words, “Locke is the Savior. Believe in him and you will live." And if Jacob is God (or godlike), wouldn’t the Savior be the Son of God? Think about it. Did we ever find out who Locke’s father was? Isn’t it possible that it was Jacob?
Was Flocke playing Ben or was Ben playing Flocke?
The irony is that it is Mr. Black who assumes the form of a resurrected Locke, who we now call Flocke. But I think Jacob (and Ben) have a plan.
I think that Ben knew all of this. He orchestrated bringing back Locke’s body and then (over)acted surprised when Flocke was sitting at his bedside, very much alive. This was because he knew it was Flocke. He allowed Flocke to be under the illusion that Flocke was successfully playing Ben. Ben suggests visiting the smoke monster. Please....that's so unBenlike. He would never do that...unless he had a plan. He wanted to visit the monster so he would be told to follow Flocke, thus proving his undying allegiance to Flocke. But it was an act. He was doing what Jacob wanted him to do. We know that Jacob went off island to visit several of the Losties. Who says he didn’t visit Ben? Didn’t it strike anyone as strange that Ben had been permanently banished from the island, but then suddenly knew how he could get back? What if Jacob told him how?
Let’s visit Locke (the real Locke) in the hotel. He has the cord wrapped around his throat and is ready to commit suicide. Ben bursts in and stops him, gathers a bit of intel (which I think was just TPTB throwing in a weak explanation regarding why Ben stopped him), and then Ben kills him. Why? Because Jacob told him to. For whatever reason, suicide wouldn’t work. How very Christian-like.
Ben’s “What about me?” speech with Jacob was convincing, but if I’m right, it was staged by Jacob and Ben. Jacob wants Ben close to Flocke. He wants Flocke to trust him completely…to be his right hand. But at the proper time, Jacon wants Ben to double cross Flocke.
Is Ben Playing Everyone?
No character on Lost has more twists and turns than Ben. Ben refuses to be played--by anyone. And Ben is one revengeful SOB who lost his daughter. I think he knows that he has been played as a pawn for almost his whole life. Who is responsible for that? Flocke—absolutely. Jacob—maybe.
See, I see Jacob as someone who brings the players to the island and then lets the game play out. He barely interferes. Mr. Black gets involved. He tempts. He causes deaths. He wants to eliminate all the players. Ben may understand all of this now. And because his daughter died, he will obviously hate Mr. Black (Flocke). But he may also hate Jacob. He may feel that (like many people feel about the Christian concept of God) that Jacob should have gotten involved. Jacob should have intervened to prevent his daughter’s death. Just like he wanted to kill Penny, he may really want to kill Jacob as well. And I know that if anyone can pull off a double, triple or quadruple cross…it is Ben.
