I watched the episode again yesterday (in French, Boy, that synchronization sucks^^) and I noticed the "God loves you as he loved Jacob". This would fit perfectly into the "they're all in hell and Jacob is the devil" theory. I once read that Lucifer (devil) was an angel at first, but then he was outcast to hell. So maybe Jacob is a metaphor for Lucifer, who knows...
But actually the Dharma guys don't seem that religious to me, so the sentence actually doesn't make any sense^^ or maybe it's an anagram.

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- Does anyone know how to use a gun?
- I think you just pull the trigger.

- Hey kid, what's eating you?
- Nothing, he's at the top of the food chain!
(The Lion King^^)