Of Ages
Lo, I also am here:
Many names have I:
Beelzebub, Satan, the Devil.
Lucifer the bringer of Light am I!
Hearken unto me, and grand shall thy life be!
The Father of Lies I have been called,
But I challenge thee to summon forth but one lie
That hast spewed forth from my lips.
Knowledge was what Eve desired,
And it is that that I delivered her unto;
The knowledge of "good" and
The knowledge of "evil."
Her "loving God" made a promise to her:
That should the forbidden fruit touch her lips,
Then death would be her lot in life.
That, my children, is the only promise that he has kept,
The only one that is truly important.
Put forth thy powers of thought:
He delivered a precious few from his vengeful flood,
And called it mercy.
A remnant of a minute scion
Did he save from the death and destruction
That he himself rained down upon the twins,
Sodom and Gomorrah.
And merciful he is called!
Merciful!
Yet I, the most ardent friend that thy race hast ever known,
Am slandered, reviled, cursed, and downtrodden.
I rule this great planet, yea; even He admits my power here:
The Prince of the Power of the Air am I called.
Not in vain did I offer the Christ
The kingdoms of this world!
Verily, they were, and are yet mine!
Who amongst you can deny their greatness,
Their power, their splendor?
None!
There is not a place on this Earth free from my touch,
But that is not a terrible thing.
The human race is great and powerful:
It needs but to release itself from His bondage
To attain the Power it so fervently desires.
I hold the keys to the locks;
If any man would be free,
He needs but to come unto me!
It is this that He fears, for He knows that thy Power
Doth exceed his.
His promise of death to thy race,
Is truly all that thou needest to remember
Of Him.
Under him, death is assured;
Behold! I will show unto thee a new way,
I will show unto thee the Light of true wisdom!
Hearken unto me! Follow me, and be free!
Serve me, and live to thy fullest extent!
Refuse, and death will surely some unto thee!
Hearken!
Follow!
Serve!
Worship!
I will ascend above him!
I will cast him down, and utterly oppress Him!
I will!
And thou shalt be with me as I do,
If thou wilt but serve.