Storytelling: God's New Creation (Week 2)

Lucifer Versus the Lord by Mihály Zichy, Source

Adam.  God’s little pet.  His favorite.  I’ve been around for far longer than he! Yet, somehow, he gets God’s blessing.  I, who was by God’s side for so, so long, had been cast aside instead.  The injustice of it all is really quite baffling.  The other angels agreed with me.  Or at least some of them did.  Of course, the cowards weren’t willing to stand with me when the time came to confront the Big Man, so I was the one infamously punished.  I wasn’t even one of the ones who tried to set Adam on fire! The only real thing I was guilty of is question my Creator’s judgment.

All the angels talked of Adam, God’s new creation, as if he was were the most magnificent thing to grace the heavens since God himself.  At first, I didn’t mind it.  Adam was new and shiny; of course he would draw attention.  Soon, though, the shininess faded.  The angels quieted themselves and things were calm for a short while.  Despite early indications of God’s favor, we all acted as if there wasn’t an imbalance.  Unfortunately, the favoritism soon became blindingly clear.  Some of the angels wept, for they had been replaced in God’s highest graces.  Others turned a blind eye.  Others yet were angry, rightfully so.  I was one such angel.  As the morning star, I felt it my duty to stand for the other angels, to represent them in this injustice.  A creature that He had created from the dust of the earth was more glorious than I?  Than the other angels?  Preposterous!

I took my complaint before my Father.  I begged him to see the error of his ways, to see that angels were really superior to this one man.  I asked him for a test, something that would prove how mighty I was in comparison to Adam.  My Father assented.  The test, however, was absurd.  God had recently created animals, but had yet to name them.  Our trial was to name the animals.  It was deceivingly simple.

The animals had yet to be named.  How could there be a wrong answer?  Somehow, there was though.  My answer was the wrong answer.  Ox!  Cow!  Camel!  Donkey!  What sort of names were those?  Adam shot the names off like rapid-fire.  It sounded like he just said the first bit of gibberish that came to his mind.  Wherever he pulled the names from, God seemed to be content with them.  He declared Adam victorious.  I was livid.  How could this happen?  There was no other explanation other than God’s unbalanced favor.  Immediately, I told my brethren of the offence.  Many rallied around me.

Michael was one of those who opposed me.  He was always one for the rules.  He begged me to praise Adam, like God desired.  He also warned me against my disobedience.  Neither he, nor anyone else could stop me.  I had proven myself time and time again.  I deserved a place among the stars; I deserved a throne.

Soon, God received word of my rebellion.  He anger was immeasurable, but I expected it.  I expected to feel his wrath, and I thought was prepared for it.  I wasn’t prepared to lose my wings.  I wasn’t prepared to lose heaven and earth.

I was fallen.  But I would have my revenge on Adam.  If I had to be cast from Paradise, he would too.

Author's note

For the reading I decided to do the unit over Adam and Eve. Part of the unit was from the Bible and part was from other sources.  The section I focused on mainly in the story above wasn't from the Bible but from another source.  I chose to write about the fall of Satan because it was a story that so many people know about and it's one that I have always been curious about.  I specifically chose to right it from his point of view because I thought it would provide an interesting twist.  

The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg (1909): Volume 1

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