Located in Port Jefferson Station, New York, Living Epistles Ministries was founded by teacher and pastor Sheila R. Vitale in 1988 as a teaching ministry with a global focus. As part of her work leading Living Epistles Ministries (LEM), Ms. Vitale has authored a wide variety of texts, from alternate translations of the Old and New Testament to movie reviews. One of the latest LEM movie reviews connected various themes found throughout the Matrix trilogy of films to scriptural ideologies. In fact, the titular matrix of the franchise, in which machines disguise reality from humans, is indicative of the world today and the present human condition. The Matrix, the first film in the trilogy, focuses on a mind capable of seeing beyond this illusion and subsequently using truth to free the world from duplicitous agents of evil. Meanwhile, these propagators of evil and deception strive to persecute protagonist Neo (Keanu Reeves) simply because he has discovered truth. Neo is presented as a Christ-like figure throughout the trilogy, while the character of Trinity serves as a symbol of the Mother and Son. The first film contains allusions to Samson and Delilah, as well as subjects such as turning away from sin and the pitting of old order against new order deliverance. A more thorough exploration of scriptural influence on The Matrix trilogy, as well as reviews of films such as Reds, Interview with a Vampire, and Edge of Tomorrow, can be found at www.livingepistles.org.

1. L I V I N G E P I S T L E S M I N I S T R I E S
Scriptural Themes in The Matrix

2. Introduction
Located in Port Jefferson Station, New York, Living Epistles Ministries was founded by
teacher and pastor Sheila R. Vitale in 1988 as a teaching ministry with a global focus.
As part of her work leading Living Epistles Ministries (LEM), Ms. Vitale has authored a
wide variety of texts, from alternate translations of the Old and New Testament to
movie reviews.

3. One of the latest LEM movie reviews connected various themes found throughout the
Matrix trilogy of films to scriptural ideologies. In fact, the titular matrix of the
franchise, in which machines disguise reality from humans, is indicative of the world
today and the present human condition. The Matrix, the first film in the trilogy, focuses
on a mind capable of seeing beyond this illusion and subsequently using truth to free
the world from duplicitous agents of evil.

4. Meanwhile, these propagators of evil and deception strive to persecute protagonist Neo
(Keanu Reeves) simply because he has discovered truth. Neo is presented as a Christ-
like figure throughout the trilogy, while the character of Trinity serves as a symbol of
the Mother and Son. The first film contains allusions to Samson and Delilah, as well as
subjects such as turning away from sin and the pitting of old order against new order
deliverance.

5. A more thorough exploration of scriptural influence on The Matrix trilogy, as well as
reviews of films such as Reds, Interview with a Vampire, and Edge of Tomorrow, can be
found at www.livingepistles.org.