Yup, that's right, I saw The Shack. I should probably italicize that... The Shack XD And I admit, when I first heard about it and saw the trailer I was very skeptical, but then I watched a few reviews from Christians that haven't led me astray yet XD And I decided to give it a chance since I knew my mom wanted to see it. And, I have to admit, I really liked it. I thought it did a really good job of giving good analogies to the relationship between God, the Trinity, and all of us, His children.
The most important thing, I think, this movie does is show how much God loves us and that he wants what is best for us and that He is working for our good in the middle of all the evil. My favorite analogy was when Wisdom questions Mac about judgement and she tells him to choose between his two children, to send one to heaven and one to hell. Obviously, Mac could not choose and so he asked for himself to be sacrificed instead. And I think that was so beautifully done to show that God doesn't want to "damn us all to hell". God wants to redeem all of us and to have loving relationships with us, and in order to do that, He sacrificed His son, He sacrificed himself in order to save us all. Now, of course, we then have to choose and believe and trust in God after that, but He still did all that because He loves us unconditionally.
I really liked many other parts about this movie and I would highly recommend to check it out if its still playing near you, or at least to see it when it comes out on home video or streaming or however you kids get your movies now a days. I do not, however, condone pirating. That I do not like. If you want it free, get it from the library. Sure, you have to wait a little while, but at least you'll learn a little patience. Anyway, yeah. There was only one thing I wasn't totally on board with and that was the part where Mac gets to talk with his father for a bit. That bit with the colors and stuff, I don't really see a basis in scripture for that. I don't think it would not be in God's power to let someone have a brief conversation with a dead relative, I just thought it was assuming a little too much about God and stuff. I also think it was mainly used as a plot device in order for Mac to get some resolution with his father so that he could continue on with his journey. So I get why it was done, I just hope that no one takes that bit as seriously as the other bits. And I'll admit that at first when Wisdom popped up I was all "uuhhhh, did they just slip up?" but that part did end up making sense and being a good analogy, like I said before.
So yeah, I liked this movie and I think its an important reminder that God loves us all and wish for us to be with Him when the time comes.
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