We finally get to meet this mysterious Lost character in another great season finale! The opening scene alone was very intriguing! We see Jacob talking to a man in a black shirt.
Could these two characters at odds with one another in some way be Jacob and Esau from the Bible? After reading a few things I am inclined to believe this is a good possibility.
In Genesis 27, Jacob steals the family blessing away from the older Esau by tricking their father Isaac.
“Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, "The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob."
In the opening scene the man in the black shirt says to Jacob “do you have any idea how badly I want to kill you?” Jacob cooly replies, “yes.”
Also, if you read in Genesis 25:23 God says to Isaac’s wife speaking of Jacob and Esau:
"Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you will be separated;
one people will be stronger than the other,
and the older will serve the younger."
Jacob of the Bible relates to the Egyptian theme in that Jacob eventually ends up in Egypt with his son Joseph as a high ranking Egyptian official.
Whether these characters are Jacob and Esau or not, they definitely represent the two fronts that will no doubt play a major part in the final season of Lost. I can’t wait!
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many in the 'blog-o-sphere' have indeed already dubbed the mysterious black shirted man "Esau".
Poor Juliet. Relives some serious childhood emotional issues, gets the raw deal from everyone (Jack, Sawyer), gets pulled down the Swan's shaft, and then takes a nuclear bomb right in the face! That's a rough day.
Oh... and I think the "smoke monster" is Esau, and Jacob is the "Anibus" (depicted in the Temple wall hyroglyphics and the giant statute/ruins.
What amazes me is that at the conclusion of season 4, I had the series pegged for an ultimate showdown between Good and Evil...only it was going to be Linus vs. Widmore! A single episode changes the whole scope of how big this face off can be!
What I wonder is how the castaways will play a part in this rivalry, as their advent is vocalize by Jacob before burning up ("They're coming"). Why did that make Fake-John Locke so tense?
Remember in S4 "The Shape of Things to Come," Ben sneaks into Widmore's apartment late one night. Charles wakes up and says "Have you come here to kill me" as Ben replies "We both know I can't do that."
This interaction, perhaps much less significant than I'm considering, felt reminescent of the S5 finale's interaction between Jacob and Mr. Loophole. No theories here, just an observation.
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