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Matthew Abaddon 4.1 The Beginning of the End

Abaddon is the name for the “Angel of the Abyss” in Revelation. This angel does the work of God in binding Satan and hurling him into the Abyss. “Abaddon” means “destroyer,” or “destruction” in Hebrew. More precisely, this name comes from the Hebrew root word aleph-bet-daled, which means “lost.”

The name “Abaddon” is the name of the biblical Angel of the Abyss (Revelation 9:11). Greek for “destruction” or “the destroyer”, Abaddon the Angel is pictured as a human sized locust, and is known as the lord of pestilence. The root for “Matthew” in Hebrew is “Gift from God.” Additionally, in Hebrew, Abaddon is synonymous for Hell or destruction. Very loosely translated “Matthew Abaddon” can be read as “Gift from the god of hell.” Jesus refers to God the Father as “Abba” while “-don” is the first three letters of “donate,” which comes from the Latin root for “give.” The name of the character in the episode referred to by the press release using the spelling “Matthew Abbadon” might be interpreted “Gift of God/Father Gift.” Abaddon, rendered in Greek as Apollyon and described as king of the locusts which rose at the sounding of the fifth trumpet.

As Abaddon sits at the chessboard when visiting Hurley at the institution, a picture of a ladybug is visible on the wall behind him. In ancient times, the ladybug was symbolic of the Virgin Mary (the red color symbolic of Mary’s robes and the ladybug’s spots signify the seven sorrows Mary experienced). The ladybug on the wall in the mental institution makes a reappearance on the refrigerator in Jack and Kate’s apartment in “Something Nice Back Home”.

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