The LOST Gospel

Some People are Just Meant to be Alone...

 

Those were the words Sawyer spoke on LOST last night. The words that touched the depths of my soul and continued my theory that LOST is a spiritual story, a journey to redemption. I call it the Lost Gospel.

 

I don’t troll around on Lostie sites much and never really heard this theory, but it’s hard NOT to see the parallels between LOST and the gospel, especially in the last season or so.

 

You have Jacob, the Jesus character, seeking out those first survivors of Oceanic 815 who mysteriously disappeared into the jungle only to show up again at the temple living in peace with the OTHERS.

 

You have Jacob (Jesus) seeking out the Oceanic 815 survivors throughout various times in their lives, touching them, calling them to him and the island.

 

You have black smoke man (Satan) who destroys, robbing people of their life, infusing them with fear and who was not able to kill Jacob until he found a loop hole.

 

You have Jacob again, willing to be killed, laying down his life by provoking the betrayer… Ben Linus (Judas), and then rising again from the dead and coming back to help save the Oceanic Six.

 

How can you not see the Gospel in LOST?

 

But it was Sawyer's words, “some people are just meant to be along,” his tears of pain in the loss of Juliet, and Kate’s tears and understanding of Sawyer's words that sealed this theory for me, not matter if it was the intent of the writers or not.

 

I hear their cry in the Psalm 13. I felt their cry…

 

“How long, O LORD ? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death; my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," and my foes will rejoice when I fall…”

I see these words as Sawyer's black moment.

 

Love is lost.

Redemption is lost.

All hope is lost for him.

But that’s not the end of the Psalm 13…

“But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me.”

I also see something on the horizon that will challenge the lives of the LOST who trust in unfailing love. A storm is brewing against the man in black, a fight coming between good and evil. Jacob is coming back for those he’s called and touched. Those he’s already saved.

 

Whether Sawyer embraces it or slips to the dark side like Claire or soon-to-be Sayid remains to be seen. And I can be totally off base here with LOST, but the promise of hope is there. At least that’s how I see it. Sawyer does not have to be alone even though in his darkest hour he feels he’s meant to be alone.

 

We don’t have to be alone even though the smoke monster constantly whispers in our ears that we were meant to be alone.

That we are not good.

That no one could ever love us.

That redemption is impossible.

 

A storm is brewing for our souls. For Jesus came to save the LOST!