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Originally posted by Wingless
His vital signs in the real world recorded him as being dead. The Agents also checked again and they also took him in as being dead. Now connecting this with the Biblical symbolism, Neo had to die and come back; be resurrected.
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My theory on this:
The Oracle says that Neo is not the one, but "maybe in your next life". This is not quite as literal as it seems.
I think that cookie that she gave him, actually disguised some sort of code (think Merovingian and the orgasm cake), that would make Neo aware of his powers as The One and also be able to see the matrix code (when she gives him the cookie she comments that Neo would feel right as rain, and rain in the Matrix trilogy is closely associated with the matrix code). Now heres a snag, in order for the code to work, Neo has to be rebooted. First he is "shut down" by Smith, then he powers back up, with the cookie code active, and thus: can see the matrix, can destroy Smith (or at the very least release him), stop bullets, fly and ultimately realise that he is the one.
Also looking back at the first film, when Smith takes out his earpiece and starts talking to Morpheus, I think at that point he wanted the codes to Zion not for the sake of the machines, but to replicate himself quicker both in the Matrix (no humans could oppose him), and in the real world (ala Bane).
Hmm, looks like a bit of a rant, oh well :]