Do not read until you've seen this seasons finale:
Didn't the conversation between Jacob and Esau (that's what he's being called on fan sites of the show... the guy on the beach with Jacob at the very beginning of the finale) remind you of a twist on the Book of Job? It's almost like Jacob (playing the "God" role) is telling him (Esau - playing the "Devil" role) that "eventually humanity will get it right, I have faith in them". Esau is telling Jacob that mankind keeps on screwing things up and continues to be destructive no matter who comes to the island and no matter how many times it happens. Here is the conversation between them: This conversation reminds me of the beginning of the book The Book of Joby where God, Michael the Archangel and the Devil meet in the coffee shop. The gray haired man is Esau and the blonde man is Jacob: I bolded what I thought to be important lines connected to what I'm talking about in this post:
GRAY-HAIRED MAN: Morning.
BLOND MAN: Mornin'.
GRAY-HAIRED MAN: Mind if I join you?
BLOND MAN: [Shaking his head] Please.
Want some fish?
GRAY-HAIRED MAN: Thank you. I just ate.
[The gray-haired man sits down not far away.]
BLOND MAN: I take it you're here 'cause of the ship.
GRAY-HAIRED MAN: I am. How did they find the Island?
BLOND MAN: You'll have to ask 'em when they get here.
GRAY-HAIRED MAN: I don't have to ask. You brought them here.
Still trying to prove me wrong, aren't you?
BLOND MAN:
You are wrong.
GRAY-HAIRED MAN:
Am I? They come. They fight. They destroy. They corrupt. It always ends the same.
BLOND MAN:
It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.
[The gray-haired man stares at his compatriot.]
GRAY-HAIRED MAN:
Do you have any idea how badly I wanna kill you? BLOND MAN:
Yes. GRAY-HAIRED MAN:
One of these days, sooner or later... I'm going to find a loophole, my friend. BLOND MAN:
Well, when you do, I'll be right here. GRAY-HAIRED MAN: Always nice talking to you, Jacob.
JACOB: Nice talking to you, too.