But look closely at the picture. Does it give us any final clues?
On the left side of the picture, we have the following characters from the front row back:
1. Locke, who is looking back
2. Sayid and Shannon off to the side by themselves, leaning forward but looking back
2. Bernard and Rose, looking forward
3. Juliet and Sawyer, looking back
4. Boone, looking back
On the right side of the picture, we have the following characters from front row back:
1. Jack and Kate, looking forward
2. Sun and Jin, looking back
2. Charlie, Aaron and Claire, looking forward
3. Desmond and Penny, looking back
4. Hurley and Libby, looking back
On the left side, 6 people are looking back towards the light.
On the right side, 6 people are looking back towards the light.
Does this represent that these people are content to embrace the after life?
On the left side, 2 people are looking forward away from the light.
On the right side, it appears 4 people are looking forward away from the light (Aaron is covered).
Does this represent that these people are not sure about moving on into the light?
The people looking back toward the light have some commonality.
Locke and Boone are sitting alone, far a part.
Sayid and Shannon are also sitting away from the main aisle, leaning forward which
may show uncertainty.
Juliet is full turn while Sawyer is half turned toward the light.
Sun, Jin, Hurley and Libby are sitting farther away from the main aisle, but looking back.
Desmond and Penny are fully turned toward the light.
But in front of them, Charlie and Claire are heads together looking forward.
Bernard and Rose are sitting up straight and stoic while staring ahead.
And Jack and Kate look forward with childish grins on their faces.
The left side of the picture contains more people that have less bonds with Jack than those on the right side of the picture. Those on the left have traits of being loners, self-reliant. The people on the right side had more important contact and interaction with Jack. The right side characters are fully paired off in couples; while the left side has two singles.
Jack was the last person we know of who realized that he was dead. Therefore, he was the last person in the church to accept that fact. Perhaps, he has yet to come to grips with it so he stares ahead contemplating the moment. He may have thought that the joke was on him all along.
Desmond was probably the first person in the sideways story arc to understand his own demise. This may be why he is turned toward the light. He understands where he is and he had nothing further to do accept it in order go on with Penny by his side.
Charlie and Claire's sideways awakening was always problematic because Aaron's "rebirth" leads to complicated real world questions or the possibility he was just a "prop," but their reunion was the longest in time because Charlie died on the island. So they may have also needed more time to reflect on the situation before turning to the light.
Bernard and Rose seem out of place. They are together, looking forward but in the last moments of the scene, they do not look happy. Perhaps Rose knew before anyone that the plane crash was symbolic passing to purgatory to judge everyone's character in death. While others around them embrace the idea of the after life, Bernard and Rose may be pensive because they knew that the island was also part of an after life construction - - - and the next stage of existence could be either Heaven or Hell.
We assumed a happy ending for the characters. But we are not sure what they were about to move on to (including the cryptic Christian who said he did not know.) But if we have one final look at Numbers, a repetitive theme throughout the series, we have 6 on the left looking back to the light, 6 on the right looking back to the light, and 6 people looking forward: 6-6-6.
