Interesting Parallels Between the Movie and Bible

Rating: Null/10 (30 September 2002)

Hi! My name is Fabiana and I go to a Christian School where Bible class is mandatory. In the past week and a half my class watched the film "The Matrix", from which we learned parallels relating from the film to the Bible and quite a lot of Christian symbolism.
Neo, aka "The One" is just like Jesus because He too was "The One". Another parallel between Jesus and Neo is that they both were trained, except in different ways. Neo was trained on a machine and Jesus was tempted in a desert by fasting. I have found a Bible referance to prove my point, Luke4:1,2. At the end of the movie Neo jumps into on of the Demons and ends up killing it. What I find quite ironic is how jesus casts out Demons, which is quite similar to how Neo killed the Demon. Luke11:20 explains this.
Cypher, I found is just like Judas because they both betrayed Neo/Jesus. Cypher betrayed Neo by trying to kill him and not bring him back from the Matrix. Matthew26:47-51 is a good referance which shows how Judas betrayed Jesus.
One extraordinary parallel is the option of the 2 pills offered by Morpheus to Neo. One pill is red which is for Life and the other is blue for Death. In the Bible, it says you will have eternal life if you follow Christ, but if you don't and follow the World, that means Death. John3:16 explains this clearly.
These are just a few of the parallels that have been shown in the film. My class came up with a lot more, but I found these that I have written about the most interesting.