What is The Matrix?

Morpheus

"This is the world that you know. The world as it was at the end of the twentieth century. It exists now only as part of a neural-interactive simulation that we call the Matrix. You’ve been living in a dream world, Neo. This is the world as it exists today... Welcome.. to the desert.. of the real."

The Matrix

By coming to understand what the Matrix is Neo comes to know that the world has fallen into the hands of the machines or A.I. (Artificial Intelligence). A rebellion and war occurred between man and machine and the result was a world that came to exist through a neural-interactive simulation called the Matrix.

Neo discovers that he was living in a dream world built to control him and enslave him; that he was nothing more than an energy source (battery) for the machines. As long as he was plugged into the system he was unaware of this horrifying reality.

The reality for us is that we also live in a Matrix. It may not be a computer generated dream world like in the films, but the Matrix does exist and we are entangled in it. It is all around us and it is always pulling on us. It fogs our view of reality and our perception of our world and our place in it. It is an illusion filled with many more illusions. Are you curious to know what it is?

I must warn you. It is not easy to understand what you are about to find out. Your mind will want to resist the truth at first but let it settle and you, too, can join the group who have been unplugged.

There are a lot of illusions out there and there are a lot of books and websites written on them. They sometimes even classify these as "The Matrix." I am not talking about all the lies that are out there - and there are a lot out there. I am talking about the biggest lie of them all that has been told to us. I am talking about the Great Illusion when I am talking about "The Matrix."

The Bible tells us that mankind is in a lost state and separated from God since the Fall of Man. The story of Adam and Eve in Genesis depicts a time when mankind had everything needed to live and more. It explains that Adam and Eve both were tempted by Satan and sinned by eating of the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Satan told Eve that her eyes would be opened and that she would "be like God" (Genesis 3:5).

By eventually deciding to eat the fruit Adam and Eve both defied God’s authority, pushed him aside and decided for themselves what was best for their lives. In essence they thought, "we can decide what is best for us because we will be like God."

From this moment that man chose to live a self-directed life and not listen to God, everything was to be different. Man chose to be his own God and do things his own way. The rebellion against the Creator began and sin entered the world. Mankind would be for now on tarnished by sin and under the rule of the prince of this world, Satan. In the Matrix films Artificial Intelligence was in control of mankind, in our world it is Satan.

The Bible says that he influences the ways of this world and that those who are not yet unplugged follow the ways of the world. Romans 12:2 states: "Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you."

And 1 John 2:15-17 states: "Don’t love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you cannot love the Father. Our foolish pride comes from this world, and so do our selfish desires and our desire to have everything we see. None of this comes from the Father. The world and the desires it causes are disappearing. But if we obey God, we will live forever."

So, what is the Matrix?

It is a belief that has been passed on to us by the Great Deciever and our ancestors that blinds us from seeing the truth. It creates a world and a false reality that dictates how we live and it enslaves us to its creator, Satan.

The Matrix is a world where we can believe that we can be our own God and live a self-directed and self-centered life. Where there are only our rules and our wants. The Matrix is an illusion created to keep us under control: under the control of sin, selfishness and the popular ways of the world. It is a system that we are plugged into that leads us to a lifestyle of self-indulgence, instant gratification and pleasure. Where everything revolves around us and how it makes us feel. It is a place where truth and Jesus are not welcome.

We can only be unplugged by the "ONE." By believing that Jesus is the "ONE" who died for our sins and accepting him into our lives we can be freed from the system of this world. Jesus, like Neo, brings peace. Instead of peace between man and the machines he brings peace between man and God. Man was created in the image of God and when the fall occurred that image was shattered. Jesus restores that image in us so that we can reflect the glory of God and live out our purpose. The ancient scriptures prophesied his return and were fullfilled when he intermingled with humanity 2000 years ago.

An explanation of what has been hidden from mankind.