Lucifer: From Heaven To Hades

By Donald Glen Cleveland

Don shares a unique modern-day perspective in this personal version of the Origin story of Lucifer - God's fallen, FreeWill Angel. He weaves wry humour and wisdom grounded on some biblical facts; in a storytelling that is non-denominal and speaks to every person's innate deep knowing that in the world exists 'Right and Wrong', 'Good and Bad' as

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chakaura™Publishing
• Release date: Sep 6, 2023
• ISBN: 9781778228155

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Prologue

I

The Creation Story

Lucifer gazes out across the Rim of Space and stares at the bright colours he had created. The blues, the reds, the oranges, and the purples are in display as a bright oval band stretching to infinity. This is one of the great gifts he received when he was given FreeWill; the ability to create such wonders. One other gift he received with FreeWill is the ability to remember, and feel; something he could not do, or wanted to do before. He still has not decided what to make of this gift - if it was a gift - for it causes him something else he has never experienced - turmoil in his being.

Lucifer suddenly moves from his sleep thought, as the feeling he always has when ‘They" are coming impresses him. He turns slowly to the throne, to the right behind himself, and gazes at the figure seated there. It is always the same; He sits there in the posture of one in deep contemplation, His chin on His fist, His elbow on His knee, physically an Apollo of a figure, but with more striking and with bolder features. He has a nose more pronounced than Lucifer would have thought. He sits unclothed, except for a shawl across His lap, and sandals on His feet.

Of all the things Lucifer could change with his FreeWill powers, this is one vision Lucifer could not change and it frustrates and perplexes him to no end. It is always the same.

Lucifer asks himself, "Is there a deep-seated meaning to this that I will eventually know the reason for?

Or is it just to vex me and my new powers?" Despite these new FreeWill powers, Lucifer himself is still without form.

He, The Lord, sits on the Great Throne on the edge of a stoop, of snow-white marble placed on a black pearl floor curved in an oval shape. Lucifer’s gaze moves beyond the throne, as he muses, ‘They’ are coming.’

First came the barely audible music as much felt as heard. This melody seems to appear between and behind, carrying ‘them’ up the black slope like waves as they raise their arms in praise and supplication to the figure seated there. They are then carried down and away in a fluid motion of grace and power.

As Lucifer’s gaze turns to the throne, a dazzling light shimmers and shines beyond description, then slowly fades away. Lucifer knows nothing of the Trinity between the Lord and the Holy Ghost or why the power flows back and forth. He is surprised at his reaction to the spectacle playing out before him especially since he once had been one of them. A leader in fact, amongst them he had been, now reasoning that with no FreeWill at that time, he could not remember how long or how many times he had come to this very throne. He did sense though, that he had great peace and inner joy in that past existence. The fact he was feeling almost bemused by the spectacle he observed, he accredits  to his still trying to harness all of these emotions which FreeWill has brought to him.

Thoughts race through his being as he skulks behind the throne. Why is he flirting with temptation by passing behind the throne? Why is it allowed? Why is there no swift retribution for such an act? Is there even anything wrong with doing it? He senses there is.

Maybe it is permitted, he thinks to himself because I am still in a battle to control this flood of emotions which I have just been given.

Fear suddenly overcomes him and in a fear-flight response, Lucifer hurls himself into the Cosmos away from the throne. FreeWill gives him the choice to flee, but it also gives him the choice to stay if he wills it. However, he soon realizes he cannot outrun his fears for they came with him. Lucifer flees anyways in order to put distance between himself and the vision seated on the throne.

Time passes, and Lucifer begins to realize that some thoughts and emotions are much stronger than others. One in particular intrigues and tantalizes him more than any other; the Fear emotion. He knows it is unique to him since he is the only one to have the choice, the FreeWill to do something unacceptable that could cause a form of retribution onto him.  This unacceptable behaviour occurs when he experiences this new state of being; fear. His reactions to fear, such as fleeing, he begins to realize, consists of nothing more than disappointment and the sadness of having been wronged. But still knowing this, emotion, a fire in him, burns like nothing Lucifer has ever known before.

So you see, Lucifer has been created and not born, so he is like a tree that has fruit already hung on its branches, but that will never know the power of bearing. Lucifer knows nothing of it now and he will never know this particular power because he is caught between two worlds. Their world and his, now new world. Lucifer’s big mistake might be, the more he becomes of the World of FreeWill and emotion, the more he will reason like this world, and that may be his undoing.

Lucifer drifts beyond the great coloured band into infinity, his mind wandering. First with serious thoughts, then with impish notions, giving him amusement - another emotion he enjoys, but that is usually short-lived. He begins to remember a time he conjured up a floor and placed a throne upon it, then placed the Lord in his pose.

What is the emotion I am feeling? he thinks to himself as he has no one with which to interact. Suddenly a mind thought responds to him that he takes great glee from.

Yes, glee, he thinks to himself; that is it.

The Lord appears disturbing Lucifer’s musings, Lucifer, come to me. I am sending you to a World I have created, I call Earth. You will go there, come back, and tell me what you think of it.

The Lord knows of Lucifer’s need to interact but he also knows Lucifer needs to think he has a purpose.

Lucifer: A World Lord? What do you mean?

The Lord: You will see when you arrive; it is like nothing you have ever experienced.

Lucifer: "Is it like the Great Colour Band I