Danhalen
August 3, 2005, 01:58 AM
The following is my attempt to redo the fall of man through the eyes of Satan. I have taken many liberties with the original story. The larget liberty I have taken is the equivocation of Lucifer and Satan. Before I get criticized for it, let me say that I know they are biblically two different beings (but hey, both stories are fiction, so screw it). Anyway, let me know if you think I might have a good start to a book...
He knew that he had been created to push man to his limit, but this was a job he did not want. All he ever wanted was to sit next to God and love Him. He loved God with all his being, yet God wanted him to trick His own creation into betraying Him! How could he do this? He did not understand why he had been created to turn God's own creation against Him. What was the purpose behind this? Why would his Lord create new beings of innocence, give them no knowledge of what it is to do good or evil, and then send another of His own creation to turn one against the other? He doubted God's judgement for this, but he knew that His will must be done. So he did as he was created to do. He went into the paradise that had been created for man. He tempted the woman first. This would be easier for him because she was created like himself. She was able to immerse herself in the thoughts of others, and like Lucifer, she could not merely accept what she was told, she had to think about it first. The man was not the same. He blindly did as he was told, and God had told him to never eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. So he didn't. But she could get him to do it. She had been created from the man, so she did hold some sway over him. Lucifer was right, she doubted and she convinced the man to doubt too. Both were cast from paradise because of their doubt, and Lucifer's doubt did not go unnoticed either. For even though his loyalty far outweighed his doubt, God cast him away from His presence. He set a punishment for Lucifer to always do the one thing that made him doubt his Lord's judgement. He would for evermore be man's adversary, tempting him for eternity to doubt God's will. Lucifer, ever the Lord's willing servant, did so, and he did so to great effect. It was Lucifer's hope that if he did his task with great enough effect, that he would some day be allowed to do what his only desire ever was, to bask in the glory of his Creator. He (like man), had no idea that eternity was so long of a time to suffer through. The angel wept.
He knew that he had been created to push man to his limit, but this was a job he did not want. All he ever wanted was to sit next to God and love Him. He loved God with all his being, yet God wanted him to trick His own creation into betraying Him! How could he do this? He did not understand why he had been created to turn God's own creation against Him. What was the purpose behind this? Why would his Lord create new beings of innocence, give them no knowledge of what it is to do good or evil, and then send another of His own creation to turn one against the other? He doubted God's judgement for this, but he knew that His will must be done. So he did as he was created to do. He went into the paradise that had been created for man. He tempted the woman first. This would be easier for him because she was created like himself. She was able to immerse herself in the thoughts of others, and like Lucifer, she could not merely accept what she was told, she had to think about it first. The man was not the same. He blindly did as he was told, and God had told him to never eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. So he didn't. But she could get him to do it. She had been created from the man, so she did hold some sway over him. Lucifer was right, she doubted and she convinced the man to doubt too. Both were cast from paradise because of their doubt, and Lucifer's doubt did not go unnoticed either. For even though his loyalty far outweighed his doubt, God cast him away from His presence. He set a punishment for Lucifer to always do the one thing that made him doubt his Lord's judgement. He would for evermore be man's adversary, tempting him for eternity to doubt God's will. Lucifer, ever the Lord's willing servant, did so, and he did so to great effect. It was Lucifer's hope that if he did his task with great enough effect, that he would some day be allowed to do what his only desire ever was, to bask in the glory of his Creator. He (like man), had no idea that eternity was so long of a time to suffer through. The angel wept.