Well, sure. I didn't mean to indicate I thought Gandalf was a Christ figure necessarily, I was just supposing—if one found Christian imagery in “Lord of the Rings”—that Gandalf would be the most likely candidate.

Arguably the most god-like inhabitant of Middle Earth is Tom Bombadil. He seems to have more absolute power than any other character. So much so, that he simply doesn't care what the other characters are doing. He leaves them to play their games, secure in the knowledge that nothing they do will have any effect on him.

      - Mark