018. Push. Lucifer on falling from Grace. 220 words.
They say he fell, with regret in their eyes.
Humans speak of him in whispers, a grand rebellion against the Creator, of reigning in hell and how it is better then serving in Heaven. They say he was glorious, the brightest of all God's angels. They say he served. But mostly they speak of how he fell.
This is a lie. Lucifer was pushed.
His Father (Lucifer still calls him that with reverent undertones even after millennia trapped in his cage) designed him to question. And Lucifer questioned. Questioned God and his purpose and the apes that His Father created and then told his angels to love them above their Father.
Lucifer questioned. The he doubted, not His Father's wisdom but his creation and the order to revere humans above Him. And with doubt came humanity. He found free will, and the uncertainty of choice. He finds hate. None of his brothers has ever questioned His design.
A secret? Lucifer was designed to fall, as Michael was designed to mourn and Gabriel to leave.
He was a warning and a choice. The epitome of the mistakes God wrote into humans. Is it any wonder he hates them?
He is (will be, was) free will. And he is screaming for his Father's forgiveness still, long after the end of the world.