What If Jesus Was an Interdimensional Traveler? Netflix’s The OA Made Me Wonder

I am watching this strange, beautiful series on Netflix called The OA. Maybe you’ve seen it, maybe you haven’t—but here’s the gist: a young woman disappears for seven years, returns with her sight restored, and tells a story about near-death experiences, secret experiments, and movements that open doors to other dimensions. As I watch, a thought springs to mind: what if Jesus—the Jesus we know from scripture—was also an interdimensional traveler?

The OA’s Story

The OA is a mysterious, genre-blending Netflix drama created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij. It mixes science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and spirituality. The story begins with Prairie Johnson, a young blind woman who reappears after being missing for seven years—now able to see. She calls herself “The OA” (Original Angel) and gathers a small group of locals to hear her extraordinary tale. Her story involves near-death experiences, captivity under a scientist obsessed with people who’ve crossed dimensions, and a set of mystical movements that may allow travel between worlds.

The show unfolds across two seasons, weaving themes of trauma, faith, identity, and alternate realities. Prairie teaches four teenagers and their teacher BBA the movements that open dimensional doors. She explains that she needs their help to rescue her friends, who remain captive by the “Angel Hunter.” Through this teaching, she forms a close emotional bond with them.

This bond is revealed in the episode where a shooter enters their school. The teenagers and BBA perform the movements together, embodying the ritual she taught them. In that moment of chaos, a stray bullet strikes Prairie in the chest. She later dies, leaving her followers questioning whether her death was truly an ending.

Jesus as an OA

And this is where my thought sprang in: how does this tie to Jesus? What if Jesus was an OA? What if Jesus was an interdimensional traveler? Prairie experiences multiple near-death encounters, inspires others to believe in miracles, and becomes the center of devotion. She dies, leaving a void in the hearts of her followers—but Steve pushes the others to continue searching for her. Eventually, they discover she is not dead at all, but has crossed into another dimension.

Now, let us look at Jesus. In the Bible, Jesus has missing years before reappearing to perform miracles. He gathers twelve disciples and teaches them mysteries—some involving healing through laying of hands. He performs miracles, raises the dead, and inspires multitudes. In the end, he is crucified, dies, and comes back to life. Finally, he is lifted up into the heavens. But what if that moment—the ascension—was not simply a journey to “Paradise,” but a passage through a portal into another dimension?

Christ Consciousness Traveller

As a child I used to wonder: what if Jesus was these great figures of history—Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Saint Germain, Zoroaster, Bahá’u’lláh, Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Krishna, Osiris, Thoth, Hermes, Nikola Tesla—and with each incarnation he was moving closer to his final destination?

Then I remembered Prairie. With each jump into a dimension, she enters an already existing timeline, inhabiting a real person’s body. More like taking over someone else’s life. That got me thinking: what if Jesus was possessed by an interdimensional traveler—like a spirit? In his case, we could call it the Christ Consciousness, a force that can embody anyone in different ages for a specific purpose, without the person even knowing it.

I Stumbled on the OA

Up until I stumbled on The OA, these were thoughts I had as a child. Thoughts that crept into my mind after reading the Gospels, feeding my imagination as I lived through Jesus’ birth and crucifixion in my own mind. I saw myself as part of the multitude that followed him everywhere. I imagined him healing the sick, giving sight to the blind, raising the dead. His parables played through my mind like a movie. And I was inspired—like his disciples—to adore him, to be like him, and to search for him.

To me, it wasn’t impossible. Someone who can beat death and ascend to heaven in a cloud can possibly do anything. If he can be born of a virgin, heal the blind, raise the dead, and conquer death, then of course he could travel between dimensions.

I Wonder if

Maybe heaven is another dimension. Maybe miracles are ways to the portals. Or maybe the mystery is this: through Jesus’ life—or lives—he is trying to teach us to be OAs, to be interdimensional travelers ourselves. I wonder if I try the movements Prairie taught the 5 in the series are going to work.Visit the Moon, Mars, see some dinosaucers and maybe find out who kept stealing my lunch on 4th grade?