LOST & Exodus

The LOST narrative (allegory?) seems to take on more and more Old Testament allusions, as well as broader Biblical ones. However one in particular struck me yesterday as I was reading my Bible (and had finished reading Slate's on-going commentary on LOST).

Smokey & Richard in Ab Abterno

Everyone remember the most recent scene with Smokey, as he confronts Richard on The Black Rock? Smoking, electrical arches, etc. Well, the following comes out of Exodus 19, about two months after God led the Israelites out of Egypt. Moses continues up Sinai and receives the Ten Commandments from God after this:

¹⁶ On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled. ¹⁷ Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. ¹⁸ Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the LORD descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, the whole mountain trembled violently, ¹⁹ and the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder. Then Moses spoke and the voice of God answered him. ^c

²⁰ The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up... (NIV)

Given the dubious nature of un-Locke, this either goes nowhere, or makes it all the more interesting. I leave it to you.