Christianity is based on faith in an unseen omnipotence (all powerful), omnipresence (ever presence) Triune God (which is made up of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit; all of whom are equal in sovereignty, power and is one in though, deeds, objective), who is alleged to have created the entire universe and all that exist within it: the living, and the dead. Apart from earth, it is the faith of Christians that God have also created many inhabited worlds.But what is faith: Faith is the belief in the existence of a being, a place or an occurrence without tangible evidence or proof that such, actually exist or occurred.
Christianity is grounded in the belief that God’s empire is made up of many kingdoms, which includes earth and the other inhabited and un-fallen worlds; all of which is a part of the universe and was created by him. It also believes that heaven is the seat of God’s throne and there dwells God’s Government; which is the triune.
The God head or the triune God rules his empire base on love and every word spoken every action taken is done in love and for the greater good. Apart from the Triune God, there are angels of different rank, level of power, appearance, and purpose that calls heaven home.
Lucifer whose name means, prince of the morning was the highest ranked and most beautiful of God created beings in heaven, he was answerable only the Triune God. But Lucifer got tired of his lofty status and he wanted a promotion, he wanted to be apart of the God head. But there was one problem: Lucifer was a created being, he had no power of his own, every thing he had was bestowed upon him (his life, his beauty, his power and his position in heaven) by the Triune God. Lucifer was too employed God’s gifts to him in the service of the God Head.
Instead of continual, loyal and unconditional service to God, Lucifer allowed his beauty, power, and his position in heaven to corrupt him. He wanted what he had no capacity to control, and no rights to. Lucifer wanted to be a creator when he had never neither does he possessed the power to create anything, not even the simplest of things that exist. Unlike God he had not the power to call something out of nothing. There were and are only three being that has the prerequisite to be call God and that is the Triune God, the father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. They always existed they were not created but they created every thing that exist animate and inanimate.
Satan was wise enough not to bring this scandalous request to the God head, in all honesty he knew he did not qualify for such lofty elevation; but that did not stop him from craving such. Although he knew that his ultimate fulfillment came from his unconditional service and worship to the Triune God; his curiosity drove him to cover the experience the triune share.
Instead of approaching God in order to seek restoration for his distorted thoughts and desire, he deceptively tried to bring his selfish desire to reality. In the process he convinced one third of the heavenly being that God was a lying, deceptive and an arbitrary ruler and he started a war in heaven. The bible (God’s means of providing the human race with information of who he is) speak a war in heaven, Michael (God the Son who later became Jesus) and his angel fight against the devil (Lucifer in his corrupt state) and his angels. Michael and his angel prevailed over the devil and his angels. Because heaven is a place where perfection exist and dwell, the devil and his angels can no longer call heaven home. The bible also stated that Michael cast the devil and his followers to the earth the home of man.
The triune God knew the exact instance the Lucifer entertained the notion to be a God. They also recognized it in his service and worship. The unconditional service and worship which Lucifer presented was not the same.
Although The Triune knew that Lucifer had harbored envy, and jealousy in his heart there were nothing they could have done. Like us (man) Lucifer and the entire host of heaven are/were created free agent, creatures of choices. Lucifer as well as any angel at any point and time can make a decision not to serve God. Although is will represent the greatest level of ingratitude and a slap in the face of God. For all God desire for us, is to love us and ensure that we experience maximum fulfillment.
It was only when Satan tried to impose on God’s sovereignty and try to dethrone the omnipotent God that God the son took action defensive action. It is important to note that even after such bitter betrayal of the Triune God the action of the God the Son was done in love. God the Sons action was defensive and not offensive. Could you imaging what would have happened to the devil if God the Son went on the offensive against the Devil and his angel.
What would have happened if God the Son went of the offensive against the devil? The devil and his angels would have been vaporized from existence. Such an action would have lend credence to Satan’s (Satan is another name that was given to Lucifer after he became corrupted) propaganda; which would have resulted in the Loyal angel of the Triune God and the inhabitants of the other worlds rendering service and worship to God because of fear and not because serving and worshiping God brought them total and the ultimate fulfillment.
By Allan H.F. Palmer
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