Greetings of shalom (peace) and simcha (joy) to all believers in the G_D of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob … May his HOLY NAME be upon you!
Let us presume that most believers share a knowledge that our lot in this life, as a peculiar people, is not to conform to the system(s) of “this world” … a.k.a. "Olam Hazeh" … which is Hebrew for this “temporal world” in which we live! … We are to be in this world but not be of this world declares Mashiach Yeshua! But … what does this really mean for any of us? What really accounts for acceptable separation between G_D’s system and this world's system? These are the questions that should interest every believer!
For many years this author believed that the question and the answer were subject to the individual and personal understanding and interpretations seen fit to apply to such musings at any given time. Naturally the author like most people operate under a personal impression that we ourselves are: objective, learned, introspective, honest and “spiritually in-tuned” and as such are quite capable of answering our own ponderings! But something happened to me … something that was quite outside my own control … something that was quite unexpected … something that would awaken me and change my perspective … my world view and ultimately my life.
What happened? ...
In short I was driven to my knees out of sheer necessity and hopelessness because I came to realize that I was incapable of extricating myself from what was controlling me. I came to realize that I needed to be saved from myself and the way I had come to view life in general. I needed to be awakened to the truth and I needed to be able to see and hear what I was incapable of seeing and hearing. I needed a way to positively understand and discern what it is that G_D expects of me! Frankly … I was scared out of my wits because I came to the realization that my understanding of G_D was completely awry. I came to the realization that I was in Biblical terms … a sleeper. I came to realize that I was enslaved by something that I could not even define. I came to realize that my soul was in jeopardy every waking moment. I consistently went to bed at night with death and fear on my mind!
Well dear reader … I am now awake and out of the Matrix. Oh … like the movie you might ask … well something like that; let me explain by using some sample scene quotes from that famous 1999 movie.
But first a brief summary … The movie is set within a futuristic post-apocalyptic world following a devastating war between intelligent machines and people. It is a time when people have been conquered and now unconsciously serve the machines as their primary source of power. A time where people are from birth subjected to a captivity of mental subconscious delusion! A time when people are kept permanently asleep inside a vast and complex system of control! A time when people are simply part of a programmatically controlled environment intended to make these same people believe they are living a real life … in the real world. A time when people are ensnared inside the Matrix and not even aware of its very existence!
In this story a character named Morpheus is a leader in the resistance against the machines and has successfully been extricated from the Matrix. He subsequently was able to pull Trinity, another freedom fighter, out of the Matrix as well. The resistance works against the machines and attempts when possible to pull others from the Matrix. As for Neo … he is in the matrix and searching for answers because he knows that something is simply wrong with the world.
The excerpted dialogue:
Trinity: “I know why you're here, Neo. I know what you've been doing... why you hardly sleep, why you live alone and why night after night, you sit by your computer. You're looking for him. I know because I was once looking for the same thing. And when he found me, he told me I wasn't really looking for him. I was looking for an answer. It's the question that drives us, Neo. It's the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did.”
Neo: “What is the Matrix?”
Trinity: “The answer is out there, Neo, and it's looking for you, and it will find you if you want it to.”
And later on in the movie …
Morpheus: “I imagine that right now, you're feeling a bit like Alice. Hmmm … Tumbling down the rabbit hole?”
Neo: “You could say that.”
Morpheus: “I see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that's not far from the truth. Do you believe in fate, Neo?”
Neo: “No!”
Morpheus: “Why not?”
Neo: “Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life!”
Morpheus: “I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it is there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?”
Neo: “The Matrix.”
Morpheus: “Do you want to know what it is?”
Neo: “Yes!”
Morpheus: “The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room! You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work... when you go to church... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.”
Neo: “What truth?”
Morpheus: “That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage; into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch … a prison for your mind!”
Morpheus: “The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters; the very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it.”
And at the end … after choosing to come out of and being fully extricated from the Matrix, Neo issues this warning to the architect of the Matrix and its captives …
Neo: “I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid... you're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this phone, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world without you.”
So you may think dear reader that the author is enamored with a science fiction movie perhaps … but such is not the case! The intent is to simply use this “Matrix” as a metaphor for the real Matrix which permeates the lives of the children of men. If you are willing to come along for the journey you will find that the real Matrix has a name … and it can be defined … and its purpose can be exposed … and its architect revealed … and most importantly what it takes to recognize this grand delusion and be extricated from its vile and unclean clutches which attempt to keep people enslaved at all costs!
Are you ready to have your very perspective of reality challenged as never before? Are you ready to peer into the pit and look at the beast head on? Are you ready to find and fulfill your destiny?
If the answer is yes … then come along … the light at the end of the tunnel is an invitation to step out of the darkness of the real Matrix and into the light of G_D’s truth! It is time to pull back the wool that is covering the eyes of modern civilization for G_D’s great glory!
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