A friend showed me this verse in the Bible...and my mouth DROPPED when she read it.
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a STAR fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a SMOKE out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
And there came out of the smoke LOCUSTS upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
And it was commanded them that they should NOT HURT the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the SEAL OF GOD in their foreheads.
The first thing that came to my head, was that the star (Catch a falling STAR) was the island itself. But what if that star was the source of the islands power?
The smoke monster came out of this pit that was formed. Notice the sound of the monster could sound like LOCUSTS.
And last...the seal of God (Jacob) on the candidates. The candidates have technically never been hurt by the smoke monster. Correct? Perhaps deceived and tricked, but never hurt.
Please leave comments and ideas on this theory!