More on Jacob and Who They are

Doc Jensen, who recaps Lost for Entertainment Weekly has a most amazing theory about Jacob and his thouchy-feely need, and how those he touched are going to factor in the next season. Give it a read because the light of revelation will, hopefully, shine as bright for you as it did for me.

I agree with the stewardship of the soul idea Doc Jensen has written about, but I differ on the execution. The cards are cast and now we must wait to see if we come up with the winning hand. I think the flash of white we saw is going to be the final leap through time that brings Jack and gang back to 2007, landing in the middle of this burgeoning war. They will have to choose sides and Jacob is willing to put his eternal soul on the line betting that they'll all end up fighting for the good.

Which is when Jacob can be resurrected. Once all the pieces of his soul are united in a common cause, and only then, can Jacob return. The very last image we have of Jacob is of him burning in the flames. Like the Phoenix rises from the ashes, so too will Jacob. Just as soon as Jack, Kate, Jin, Sawyer, Hurley and possibly the mortally wounded Sayid arrive.

It's not looking good for Miles, now that I think about it. He may be stuck in 1977 with his father, which isn't all that bad. He could have that relationship he lacked as a child. Also, I understand that Dharma needs new a head of security and one of his first jobs can be to take out Radzinsky. I hear they might need someone over on Hydra to weigh polar bear poop and with Radzinsky's analytical mind, he just might be perfectly suited to it.

I find it a bitter irony that Jacob saved Ben's life, only to have him take Jacob's life in a fit of anger. If Jacob did indeed save Ben's life, which I am doubting more and more.

I think Ben was always fated to be the tool with which Evil John would "kill" Jacob. Jacob knew that Ben's "destiny" was to do this. By ignoring Ben, not corrupting his "vision" of Jacob and not validating his leadership of the Others, he did not "interfere" with fate and allowed Ben, even at the very end, the freedom to choose which road to take. Jacob believed that, most importantly, Ben had a choice. To kill him or to walk away.

Unfortunately we are all painfully aware of how that turned out. Ben appears to be the classic example of the faithful having lost their faith who have turned their once devoted love to anger and hatred. He was weak and Evil John took advantage of his anger and I don't think it bodes well for our beady eyed friend in the end. One thing to note, and it struck me as painfully obvious once I wrapped my brain around the idea, is that Ben may believe that he will return to what he thinks is his rightful place as leader. Evil John promised that things for Ben would be much better once Jacob was gone.

However, one of the recurring themes of Lost is Redemption. Right now it seems unlikely that Ben can redeem himself and reconcile his actions toward any moral worth. His future is unclear at this point. Does he realize he has been manipulated by Evil John, in a manner akin to the way Ben himself manipulated John Locke,and rise up against the machine? And how ticked is he gonna be when he learns that he was beaten at his own game?