Behind The Artworks: Dichotomy - Lucifer Owns The Fence (2026)

Bottom line is this, as I mentioned in other interviews. This album is to call ALL parties out, including myself. It's a spiritual accountability album. It basically means, "mean what you say and say what you mean, do what you believe and believe what you do." If you don't, you are a hypocrite and false in the sense of loving the Lord. For example, if an atheist does not truly believe in anything and he/she lives their life that way, well, they are "hot". They are following their beliefs. Are there eternal consequences? Yes, but they are rooted 100% in their beliefs without being lukewarm. Now, let's look at being a Christian. If a Christian truly says they love the Lord and does not walk according to them, then they are lukewarm. The Lord Jesus says He will vomit you out from this style of living. For example, if I serve Christ in my music, church, read His word, pray, etc., but I'm stealing from my employer, going to bars, getting drunk, doing drugs, looking at filth, cheating on my wife, not leading my child closer to God, I am a terrible individual. I'm leading a lukewarm life, and this is punishable by eternal death from God. It is not a place we want to live. You are either ALL IN or ALL OUT. That is what the cover is about. THE FENCE represents your belief stance, and each side displays which one you are willing to stand on. In the middle is absolute death because Lucifer owns the fence. God will not tolerate you sitting on the fence deciding if you want to accept/be all in with him, or sit on the fence doing life your way instead of living for him, but still walking around with Satan doing what the world wants as well. It's a VERY heavy and VERY real topic. It's an epidemic we are dealing with, and once again, we are ALL called to the carpet on this. No one is exempt, no one. Justin Abraham is the artist, and he actually lives 30+ minutes away from me. We have an amazing artist/client relationship. He's one of the best ever, in my opinion. He's done covers for Unique Leader, etc. Just top-notch work. I literally give him free rein. I think that's uber important to allow an artist to take your concept and make it their creative concept. Don't handcuff them, ever. I tell him what's on my mind, give him scripture, analogies, and he comes up with a great album cover. This is the second album cover that he did for me. He also did In-Conquered "The Golgotha Chronicles" for me, which I loved. There's a lot of hidden stuff in that album cover that signifies biblical context. He's amazing, so people out there looking for an artist, hit him up!

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