Looking Glass Station - Underwater Hatch

I have some theories about the show that Jared has covered and some he hasn’t.

Jacob:

• Jacob is the island or the island is Jacob. I’m thinking the later since Ben does did say he’s doing things for the island and Jacob told him these things.
• Jacob told Locke to “help me” which I believe meant save me the island from the impeding ruin.
• Jacob is what he want’s you to see. He’s the horse, Jack’s Dad and now Walt. That is why Locke didn’t see Ben’s Jacob.

The island:
My overall theory of what the island holds a lot of special abilities but the main one includes a sud-o fountain of youth which is what Dharma was after and now Whidmore primarily wants (more later). There are a few things that help or go along with this theory about the fountain of youth.

• The story is old, so old that the some of the early founders could have built that statue to glorify it. That statue could be a statue of Jacob, of course not the jacob we see since he’d have 5 toes instead of 4.
• The children are taken to protect them, like Ben said. Protecting them from either another force on the island or the island’s population control…

Smoke Monster:

• I think the smoke monster is controlled by Jacob and is the grainy sand stuff outside the hut that Locke looked so closely at.
• I also think the smoke monster is part of the population control that goes with the premise of the fountain of youth. Since no one can die it deems if people are acceptable enough to live either for ever or an extended period and also reep in the rewards of the mythical island.