Interestingly, the bible is often regarded as deep, complex, inscrutable, and way less than simple or clear.
I think that many people see it that way. The Bible is so unique in that the text is there and clear but look at what God says about people.
Deut 29:4 “Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.
Isaiah 6:10 (NASB95) 10 “Render the hearts of this people insensitive, Their ears dull, And their eyes dim,
Otherwise they might see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their hearts, And return and be healed.”
Jeremiah 5:21 (NASB95) 21 ‘Now hear this, O foolish and senseless people, Who have eyes but do not see; Who have ears but do not hear.
Matthew 13:15 (NASB95) 15 FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL, WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES, HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN, AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.’
Does God confuse the mind of the unbeliever?
Hebrews 6:4 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.
Matthew 13:10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”11 Jesus answered them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. 12 “For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. 13 “Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995),
I know this will fly over the heads of most of you.