Imagery doesn't define God it's a window through which we can apprehend some element of God," he positioned, noting that God is referenced as having a "womb" in the gospels of Luke and John, chapters 1 and 3.
"Imagery was never intended to define God, or God would be a burning bush or a nursing mother in Isaiah. Going back to the controversies he attracted with The Shack, he defended his depictions of God as a female, as well as a male. Young told Eternity that he wants his experiences to serve as a warning against sexual sin, which he explained is a devastating choice. In the film, which is being released in Australia this month, he opens up about sexual abuse he suffered in the past, and admits to cases where he has abused others. The biblical account is about a wayward son returning to his father. Young's interview was focused in part on the docu-drama "The Heart of Man," based on himself and others sharing their personal stories of the Prodigal Son parable. How someone could do that I don't know, but definitely that tension is held in Scripture for sure," he positioned. Potentially forever and, potentially, you could say 'no' forever.
"I think there is an ongoing relational confrontation between the One who knows you best and loves you best. He added that he doesn't believe people's stories are over "just because you die." "I think that Jesus is both our salvation and rightful judge but that judgment is intended for our good, not our harm." You're going to enter a crisis - and I don't think the story is over I don't think death is our damnation," he continued. "And every time the New Testament talks about the issue of judgment, it talks about crisis - the Greek work for judgment - and it's a crisis. "Romans itself says that death can't separate you from the love of God ," he argued, insisting that the verse applies to all people, including those who haven't accepted Christ. "You're putting a 'don't return ' as if death is the final arbiter," Young said. Speaking to Eternity website in Australia, the author was asked what happens to a person who does not know God or does not return to God within the time frame of their life on earth. William Paul Young, the author behind the faith-based bestseller The Shack, later turned into a movie in 2017, has addressed one of the main controversies behind his book, by disputing the Christian mainstream view that those who die without knowing Jesus Christ cannot achieve salvation. Octavia Spencer (second from right) plays God in the film "The Shack," in theaters March 3, 2017.
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