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Metatron and the Words of God
In Season 7, a new prophet was awakened upon the discovery of a Word of God from the Vault of the Earth. Kevin, the new prophet, was the only one capable of reading the Word of God, which was inscribed in a stone tablet. According to Castiel, while God was busy with creation, His scribe Metatron was taking note of everything. Metatron’s notes became the tablets for Kevin to read. The first tablet we discovered was entitled ‘Leviathan’, and it showed how to create a weapon that could neutralize the Leviathan threat. In the interim of Season 7 and Season 8, we discover a second tablet, this time entitled ‘Demons’. According to Kevin, this tablet contained everything there is to know about Demons, including how to destroy them and how to close the gates of hell forever.

This is when it got me thinking that since there are more tablets out there, there might be a possibility that they can collectively form something even more important—Metatron’s Cube.



Metatron’s Cube, as a quick google search will tell us, is a three-dimensional geometric figure created from 13 equal circles with lines from the center of each circle extending out to the centers of the other 12 circles. This image creates the Fruit of Life. Six circles are placed in a hexagonal pattern around a central circle, with six more extending out along the same radial lines.

The cube is said to be derived from the Tree of Life, something that was excluded from humans during their exile from Eden. Study of Metatron’s cube is said to be necessary to understand life.

Before I move on, I’d like to list a few things (they look random at first, but bear with me)

i. We do know God prefers humans above all His creation

ii. Assuming He was Chuck, God limited His direct involvement with the Apocalypse and yet was pleased with the Winchesters triumphing over other more powerful supernatural beings

iii. We do know Metatron exists in canon

iv. Metatron acts as the scribe and is therefore, the ‘publisher’ of the tablets

v. We know two tablets so far

vi. The tablets tell (almost) everything there is to know about a certain topic

Given these, I am beginning to think that maybe the complete set of the tablets could be arranged to form Metatron’s cube—which layouts everything there is for one to understand life. Because God wants humanity to redeem itself since its expulsion from Eden, it is not farfetched that He has devised ways to make sure humans prove themselves worthy. God thinks most highly of His children, and maybe letting the humans assemble knowledge bit by bit, tablet by tablet, to form Metatron’s cube is the key for them to be able to return to paradise, and meet their creator.

By overcoming every obstacle just to find another tablet, God will see proof that humans are indeed His greatest creations, despite their mortality. Perhaps this was why even after the Apocalypse, God was reserving himself. Perhaps He knew that humanity could still do it. Perhaps He is even nudging Death to help, considering the horseman already extended help so many times despite seeming exasperated to do so.

Going back to the tablets, it may be possible that the others would be entitled with other supernatural beings, perhaps even angels, or more abstract concepts such as time and space. But what intrigues me the most is what would the middle tablet (Metatron’s Cube has a circle that is placed on the middle) be called?

I have two guesses. The first is the ‘Soul’, as it seemed to be a central theme since Season 6. My other guess is ‘Man’. Who knows? It may even be blank, waiting for the Winchesters, or any human for that matter, to write the whole content of the tablet? And by reaching the final tablet, and finally discovering themselves and their ability to overcome obstacles, they finally reach the pinnacle of knowledge, and paradise? Thus ends God’s challenge for humanity. If it also ends this way, it would be His best creation that would have closed hell, and heaven, and whatever supernatural plane; God would not even have to lift a finger to correct everything—his children already proved they can do so! And all of the suffering will have made sense, and Sam and Dean will finally realize their purpose was greater than just being vessels, and that their gospel didn’t really end with the apocalypse. Now that would be a satisfying ending.