Further Instructions: Eko's Jesus Stick
October 20th 2006 03:28
At the beginning of "Further Instructions", Eko's Jesus stick falls out of a tree and knocks Locke on the shoulder. Locke picks it up and studies it for a few seconds. One quote from Jeremiah 13:20 takes center stage and several citations surround the quote.
The quote says, "Lift up your eyes and look north". The exact quote, from Jer 13:20, is quite interesting. "Lift up your eyes and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock that was entrusted to you, the sheep of which you boasted?" (All translations are NIV) The Others seem to live in the north of the island. Boone told Locke in his dreamquest that he had to bring the family back together, which would seem to be the sheep. Later in the episode, Eko (or the island speaking through an unconscious Eko) says that Locke will find them.
The quote might also be from Gen 13:14, which is also one of the citations on the Jesus stick. "The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, "Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west."" God tells Abram (later named Abraham) to look around and as far as his eyes can see will be the land his descendants inherit. This doesn't seem to be quite as pertinent to Locke's newly-found quest, although in time, perhaps, the flight 815 survivors might be able to oust the Others and any other hostile factions on the island and take over.
The other citations are:
Rom 6:12 "Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires." Eko is a man determined to change. At least, that is what it seems right now. He wants to break with his past as a drug lord and the cause of his brother's death.
John 3:05 "Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit." This passage was significant in season two, when Charlie tried to kidnap Aaron and baptize him.
Acts 4:12 "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." I'm not sure what to make of this one, other than it's a familiar one to Christians. Perhaps that's all it's meant to be.
I'm having trouble reading the citation at the top left on the staff. It might be Heb 1:3 "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven." Or Heb 7:3 "Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever." This second quote makes more sense to me in the context of Lost if I take it in reference to Eko's view of himself as a priest. It sounds like he may be reassuring himself that he really is a priest, although I think he wasn't really a priest before the island, not in spirit anyway.
The Numbers--4 8 15 16 23 42--are carved just above the rope covering.
What do you think?
Edited 23 Oct 2006 to add the images. Thanks to unicornspit for pointing out the possible Ogham on the Jesus stick.
Bible citations on Mr. Eko's Jesus Stick
The quote might also be from Gen 13:14, which is also one of the citations on the Jesus stick. "The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, "Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west."" God tells Abram (later named Abraham) to look around and as far as his eyes can see will be the land his descendants inherit. This doesn't seem to be quite as pertinent to Locke's newly-found quest, although in time, perhaps, the flight 815 survivors might be able to oust the Others and any other hostile factions on the island and take over.
The other citations are:
Rom 6:12 "Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires." Eko is a man determined to change. At least, that is what it seems right now. He wants to break with his past as a drug lord and the cause of his brother's death.
John 3:05 "Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit." This passage was significant in season two, when Charlie tried to kidnap Aaron and baptize him.
Celtic Ogham on Mr. Eko's Jesus Stick?
I'm having trouble reading the citation at the top left on the staff. It might be Heb 1:3 "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven." Or Heb 7:3 "Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever." This second quote makes more sense to me in the context of Lost if I take it in reference to Eko's view of himself as a priest. It sounds like he may be reassuring himself that he really is a priest, although I think he wasn't really a priest before the island, not in spirit anyway.
The Numbers--4 8 15 16 23 42--are carved just above the rope covering.
What do you think?
Edited 23 Oct 2006 to add the images. Thanks to unicornspit for pointing out the possible Ogham on the Jesus stick.
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Comment by unicornspit
Comment by Adele
Lost Fanatic
Day Break TV
Comment by Aaron
Aaron.
Comment by Adele
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It's probably no coincidence that those are your three favorite characters.
Comment by TheKtulu7
Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
there is strife, and conflict abounds.
Comment by Adele
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Habakkuk makes sense in the context of Lost. It's a general lament of the violence and unfairness of the times. It also ends on an upbeat (the book, not the verse), sort of what one might expect of a priest.