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Their true destiny lies ahead as long as they continue living on the island; for the island brings them back to where they once were— to the point in their lives when nothing had impeded their true destiny!

— KirbyKaboom

Here’s my theory—

Each character on the show has a past. But not just any past. Each character has had something that happened in their lives, some “incident”, that altered the TRUE course of their lives, changing their TRUE destiny (a very clear focus of the show is on “destiny”). you can go through each character and find that incident (Kate— killing her step-father, forcing her to run away, Sawyer— parents death as a child, Jin and Sun— ordeal with Sun’s father, Locke— being crippled b/c of father, Charlie— drugs, Rose— cancer, etc. etc.). The purpose of the Island is to bring the person back to where they were prior to that “destiny-altering” incident. In other words, the island allows the person to recognize his/her TRUE destiny, to live the life they were TRULY meant to live prior to this incident. (Kate’s cop dies, allows her to “move on” from that part of her past. Rose’s cancer is cured. Charlie kicks the drug addiction. Locke regains his legs. Sawyer finally kills the person who was haunting his past. etc. etc.) Their TRUE destiny lies ahead as long as they continue living on the Island, for the island brings them back to where they once were— to the point in their lives when nothing had impeded their true destiny!

(Interesting Note: in the middle of season 3, there’s a scene with Juliet at the “airport” where she’s with Ethan and another guy. They tell her their going to sedate her for the ride etc. In the background, you can catch a glimpse of the “airline” they’d be taking. It says “Hererat Airways”. There is no such word Herarat, but biblically Ararat was the place where Noah’s boat landed after the flood. [in Hebrew, it’s called Harei Ararat— said quickly sounds like Herarat]. What’s the significance? If you think about its context, G-d says he needs to wipe out the world for their sins and start over. The purpose of the boat is to allow the people living inside of it to ultimately “start over”. The place where the boat landed represented the world as it was before “the incident” that led to its demise. Just a cool point of mine. don’t know if it’s true.)

(Another interesting note: Later in season 3, after Sawyer kills Locke’s father, Sawyer asks Locke if it was true what his father told him— that he pushed him out of a window and he became crippled. Locke looks at Sawyer and says “not anymore”. I think what Locke is saying is more than just “I’m not a cripple anymore”. That’s obvious! he’s walking, isn’t he?! Rather, what he’s saying is that the whole incident of his father pushing him out of a window and crippling him isn’t true anymore. The Island, as Locke understands this better than anyone, has brought him back to the point in his life when there was no father! There was no con, and there was no “incident”. This is why Locke insists on staying on the Island— it will bring him to his true destiny; the destiny he was meant to realize before events in his life happened that threw his destiny off course! This also is the reason why Ben and the Others had insisted that in order for Locke to truly move on with his life, he needs to kill his father. b/c the father represents the impediment to his true destiny. He is that rock in the middle of the road. he has to remove the rock before being able to move forward and continue on his journey)

Who is Jacob? Jacob, biblically, was the leader of the tribes! here, he serves the same function— he dictates what the people are to do. he is this omnipresent being to whom everyone must respond. It’s no coincidence that Ben is the one he relates all his messages through. Biblically, Benjamin (Ben) was Jacob’s favorite son. Also, by the way, the whole story of how Ben was born (his mother dying on the journey, telling her husband right before she dies to call their son “Benjamin”) mirrors almost exactly the story with Rachel and Jacob in the bible when Benjamin was born.

(another interesting note: on a few occasions during his “prophecies”, Desmond refers to himself as being like Abraham. he has these prophecies about Charlie, who ends up being the “sacrifice”— just as isaac was meant to be Abraham’s sacrifice. I don’t know exactly how that one fits, though.)

there are a few other notes, but can’t think of them now. I’d have to go back on previous seasons to catch more, as I only developed this theory a few weeks ago.

The season finale was great.

Everyone in my office thinks it was a flash-forward. It could be. It certainly doesn’t mess up this theory in any way. But I’m holding onto the hope that it was not a flash-forward. I think quite possibly, that just as Locke, Rose, Ben and others on the island realize that the Island is where one is meant to be, Jack does also. Deep down, he knows that it’s where their supposed to be. The flash forwards are NOT reality. They are IMAGES in Jack’s mind of what the future will be like once they get back to the real world. He realizes in those images that he has nothing to live for in that world. His whole life has been turned upside down. No father. No wife. No job (head of surgery at the hospital was given away to someone else). His destiny, he realizes deep down, is on the Island. If he goes back home, which is where it looks like they’re headed, he’ll have nothing— not even Kate. he’ll then feel the yearning to go back to the island, but he’ll have no avenue back there. the person who died, that he went to visit at the funeral parlor and who he was so sad about when he read it in the paper, I think is Ben. They will have brought him back with them to the real world. Once he dies (no one at the funeral b/c Ben has no contacts on the real world; he grew up on the island), there is no possibility for Jack to get back onto the island. And that eats Jack up.

Please give me some feedback if you can. New to the website, but a long time lost fan. Would appreciate some evidence that supports this, contradicts it…

Key characters

Short Name	Full Name	Episodes	Theories
Desmond	Desmond David Hume	2.23, 3.17, 4.5	898
Jack	Jack Shephard	1.1, 1.5, 2.11, 1.11, 1.16, 1.20, 3.9, 3.22, 3.1, 4.10, 4.12, & 3” href=”/episodes/theres-no-place-home-parts-2-3/”>4.13	1505
John	John Locke	3.3, 2.17, 1.4, 1.19, 3.13, 3.19, 4.11, & 3” href=”/episodes/theres-no-place-home-parts-2-3/”>4.13	1292
Kate	Katherine “Kate” Austen	3.6, 1.2, 1.3, 2.9, 1.12, 1.16, 1.22, 3.15, 4.4, 4.12	734
Sawyer	James “Sawyer” Ford	3.4, 2.3, 2.6, 2.13, 1.16, 3.10	471

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