The strange thing is that Luffy has both the symbols of Joy Boy (pagan messiah) and Im (Buddha, Storm God)...
What I have considered as of lately is that Luffy is NOT the actual descendant of Joy Boy.
The color of Joy is yellow, the color of the Sun.
This point to the Gol D. bloodline and Roger actually being right about his son.
It is Ace who learned how to make...
How to make Strawhats.
Luffy, and the Monkey D. bloodline on the other hands are the descendants of Im. This would be in line with what the Monkey King is all about. Immortality and the throne of the Jade Emperor.
Of course the twist is that Luffy fulfills the prophecy anyways and Ace is dead.
Hm...
Had this thought for a while....
Now I have found this:
(from mimike500, reddit)
In Dante’s Divine Comedy, it’s been stated that Satan betrayed God and was thus, punished. It was also given that when Dante saw a “cracked ruined slope” when he entered the ring of lust (the first ring), Virgil stated that this occurred in an earthquake that shook after the death of christ.
For the non-christians out there, God is referred to in the Christian religion as the “Father, son and holy spirit” in the Trinity.
Christ was the son of God.
During Marineford, Blackbeard encoutered his “Father”, Whitebeard and betrayed him. After having killed Whitebeard, Blackbeard stole his fruit and harnessed its powers of granting mighty earthquakes. Indeed, this is the Quake-Quake fruit and Blackbeard had this power after the death of Ace, who publicly called himself the son of Whitebeard.
Ace may have represented “Christ”.
– He has 3 letters in his name, representing the trinity;
– He calls himself the son of Whitebeard, whom his subordinates call “Father”;
– Some of his fire attacks like
“Flame Commandment” and
“Cross Fire” are related to the Christian religion, and that of Christ. In chapter 441, his attack's name is J
uujika wich means Holy Cross.
So Blackbeard betrayed his father (like Satan in Dante’s Divine Comedy) and had the Quake-Quake fruit, after the death of “Christ” (Ace), similar to the ground in Inferno being shook after the death of Christ in the Divine Comedy.
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"Whitebeard personified as God?
Here is a list of reasons that supports this:
He refers to all his crew mates as sons. This one is fairly obvious. God also calls all his creations "sons" (or daughters).
He said that everyone is the child of the sea, as "we are all children of god."
Going along with white beard calling his crew-mates sons. The devil used to be one of God's angels, until his corrupt ideas became disobedient and selfish. Then the devil strong enough to oppose God. Similarly, blackbeard used to be a "son" of whitebeard, until he kill for selfish reasons and left the crew, and eventually came back to fight him. (not to mention here the colors chosen white vs black; good vs evil. and also Blackbeards power is darkness)
His name is "Whitebeard" -- in most interpretation of father aspect of God in the real world, he tends to have white-hair and a long white-beard. I mean go Google images "God" and you will understand my point.
his flag has a cross (this one isn't my strongest point) -- the flag was originally supposed to be a manji symbol which is the sign of temples in Japan.
His ship is called "Moby Dick." Now if you have read Moby Dick, you should instantly understand this point. In said book, the white whale (Moby Dick) is a representation of a ubiquitous being (or God). Now using that same concept in one piece, since white-beard rides on a ship named "Moby Dick," its a pretty strong statement that he is being portrayed as someone powerful enough to ride Moby Dick."
Marco as the holy spirit; blue flames of revival
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy\_Spirit\_in\_Christianity
"The Holy Spirit has been represented in Christian art both in the Eastern and Western Churches using a variety of depictions. The depictions have ranged from nearly identical figures that represent the three persons of the Holy Trinity, to a dove, to a flame."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy\_Spirit\_in\_Christianity#/media/File:Merazhofen\_Pfarrkirche\_Josephsaltar\_Altarblatt\_Pfingstwunder.jpg
Fire – symbolizes the transforming energy of the Holy Spirit's actions. In the form of tongues "as of fire", the Holy Spirit rested on the disciples on the morning of Pentecost.
in this video b.d.a. law also says that Marco's fire somehow can destroy homies who are souls. He purifies them.
Note that betrayal as the most vile sin, like in Dante's Comedy, is a key theme in One Piece. All other sins, like lying, gluttony, even murder are forgivable, but betrayal is not.
A fruit is presented, then a sin is committed. Thatch and Blackbeard. Trebol and Doflamingo. Higurashi and Orochi. Orochi and Kanjuro. Kaku and Khalifa are traitors, too.
Dante's Devil has three heads, and there is a saying that the devil never sleeps...
Darkness and Earthquakes are cthonian powers, the powers of the Underworld.
The part with the three letters is weak, but the back tattoo part is the best. Not only does Ace die like Jesus, the original symbol was a manji, a symbol of Hinduism, matching the prayer beads. Ratu Joyoboyo is the Messiah of Javanese Hinduism.
Father, Sun and Holy Spirit. Whitebeard, Ace and Marco. I was wondering about the symbolism of the Phoenix for a while...
Ace birth was a miracle birth under circumstances of persecution. Just like a certain someone's.
Yellow is the color of Joy, the color of the Sun. Notice how Poseidon rejoiced after witnessing the beauty of the Sun.
Red though... Love and anger, blood and Coca Cola, the color of Kings and bullfighters, used by communists and revolutionaries, but also by the Nazis...there is no color that causes more reaction from the eye than
Red, the Color of Power
It is Ace who went around making promises he could never fulfill.
Ace is Joyboy and Luffy is Im (Iskur, Baal Hadad), violent and gluttonous, Bull and Thundercloud and enemy of God.
Note that Utu/Shamash was the brother of Iskur/Adad/Baal Hadad, the one who is missing is Inanna/Ishtar, Goddes of Love and War, Queen of the Heavens and Patron of whores. And believed to be a proto-Eve that appears in a a very similar tree myth from an epic about immortality, Gilgamesh, just like the other Yonko do, the Serpent, the Gryphon and the Ghost Maiden. If Whitebeard is the Father, and Blackbeard the Devil, then all Yonko relate to these tree myths.
And this is also what the Whale Tree is all about. A tree is a symbol for the universe and a whale is a symbol for God.
Now a bit more into predictions:
The Phoenix represents rebirth. Hawkins predicted the death of a certain someone, and that someone is Luffy and it will be Marco who will revive him with the help of Law, but dieing himself in the process.
And this is a tragedy, because Luffy is NOT Joyboy. And the same constellation was present at Marineford, too, just Law had no reason to revive Ace as he didn't knew him and Marco didn't knew Law.
Wano arc has a theater theme and Life is either funny or sad, SAD and SMILE are also the central themes of Ace, represented on his head via drama masks. Comedy and Tragedy...
But rejoice, the message is that the prophecy is bullshit and Luffy will save the world regardless of it.