Chapter Three-- Holy Spirit and Lucifer
Lucifer laughed as he relaxed himself. The groans and screams of the damned always excited him. He loved to hear their regrets. The damned always cried out for Jesus, promising to mend their ways if He would give them a chance to live again. Except of course, they were merely lying. The damned were like him. They were his children, his off-springs-- tools he had used to manifest evil in their world. Not all of them were as evil as the Satanists. Some of... no... most of the damned looked righteous in their own eyes. They were normal people, who never murdered, never stole, never committed adultery.
But they downloaded copyrighted materials, they told lies, they did not donate to that starving child that they passed by on the street and they spread gossips. There were many, many 'minor' deeds they committed, that were wrong in the eyes of the Holy God. As such, He could not permit them to enter into heaven. For God hated wrong deeds with a passion. Even seemingly 'small' wrong deeds were like atrocities before the fully Righteous God. In His wrath, in His anger, God sent them to hell.
And here they were, full of regret and sorrow, suffering in pain, crying out in their weakness to a God that no longer hears their prayers. They dreaded the day of Final judgment as much as all the demons in hell did. Lucifer knew that the demons were afraid of the judgment, though they never talked much of it. They were all cowards, the demons and the damned. Lucifer was the only brave one, the only being that was not afraid of God and His judgment, and the only being who would never be afraid.
Stupid fools, Lucifer thought to himself when his mind focused back on the damned, again. If they had accepted Jesus' salvation, they would not be here.
Thinking about Jesus made Lucifer uneasy. Ever since that day when Jesus looked at him as if He had traveled back to their past with Lucifer, Lucifer had felt uneasy each time he came face to face with Jesus. He hated it, hated the fact that Jesus was aware of what he was thinking. He hated looking like a weakling before Jesus, looking like some lost angel who was still hungry for His love. Oh, why did he cry?
Asmodeus flew towards Lucifer.
Lucifer frowned. Why did that fool come here? Wasn't he ordered to stay on guard around Elijah Green?
“My Lord, Elijah Green is reading the Bible,” Asmodeus said.
Incompetent fool, Lucifer thought, and he flew to Earth. Asmodeus went with him.
The Christian pastor still looked lifeless, but he was engrossed with the reading of the bible. Jesus was not with him, though the angels were surrounding him. The angels were happy, having managed to convince Elijah to take a look at the bible he had not looked at for days.
Lucifer sensed the presence of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was with Elijah. He was gently opening the meaning of the scripture to the Christian pastor. The third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, is and has always been a humble person. He is always in the background, not drawing attention to Himself, while pointing all of His creation to look at The Father or The Son.
Lucifer wondered what book Elijah was reading. He hoped it wasn't the book of Revelation. Lucifer hated the book of Revelation. No, it was nothing to do with the judgment, written in that book. Lucifer was not afraid of being judged, he was not afraid of the lake of fire. He simply did not like the book of Revelation. It was a matter of personal preference.
Lucifer wanted to draw closer to Elijah to take a peek at what he was reading, but the holy angels were guarding him. And Lucifer did not want to engage in a warfare with them, simply over his curiosity about the book which Elijah was reading.
Elijah sobbed. The Holy Spirit comforted him.
“Oh, it was so hard to be like Job. How could the man praise You after he had lost all that he had? I couldn't praise you, God. I couldn't.”
The Holy Spirit hugged Elijah.
I understand, my child. I understand. The Holy Spirit whispered gently into the ears of the depressed pastor.
The book of Job, Lucifer thought. The pastor was reading the book of Job.
Elijah continued sobbing. His wife, who had been out of his sight for days, walked to him, and placed a hand on his shoulder. Her eyes were red. She had been crying, too.
The Holy Spirit embraced the grieving couple.
Unlike Jesus, the Holy Spirit, does not have the form of a 'human'. He cannot be seen, and yet His presence can be felt. He is always working to support The Father and The Son. He rarely draws attention to Himself. Yet, He is as much God as the other persons of the Trinity.
When Lucifer fell from heaven, the Holy Spirit left him. The Holy Spirit who used to work in the background to inspire all his songs and music.
It was to be the tenth anniversary of the creation of the angels in heaven. And Lucifer was responsible for the worship on that day. God was looking forward to the event, and the other angels were excited about the tenth anniversary.
It was a big day.
Lucifer wanted his song to express his heartfelt gratitude towards Him.
The Holy Spirit embraced him.
Lucifer laughed, “Holy Spirit, you should not be here. It will not be a surprise, anymore, if you knew the whole content of the song before I even sang it.”
The Holy Spirit chuckled.
Silly Lucifer, you need my inspiration if you hope to surprise Us. The Holy Spirit whispered gently.
Lucifer laughed, “Well, that is true. You are always the inspiration behind all our songs.”
The Holy Spirit whispered, What is your plan for Us this time?
Lucifer said, playfully, “This anniversary, I plan to glorify the Father and the Son.”
That is great, the Holy Spirit laughed.
Lucifer laughed, “The Father and the Son only. I don't intend to glorify You.” The playfulness sparkled within the eyes of Lucifer.
The Holy Spirit laughed. You love me too much to do that.
“Yes,” Lucifer admitted. “It was only a joke.”
Seriously, what is your plan, the Holy Spirit asked.
“Love,” Lucifer replied. “I want to create a song that magnifies Your love.”
You did that last year, and the year before that, and on every year of the anniversary. The Holy Spirit whispered.
“This year, I still want to sing of Your love.” Lucifer replied. “I never grow tired of singing about the love of the Father, Son and You.”
Holy Spirit smiled, Well, since we have a theme, let's work on the content of the song.
Lucifer smiled. He searched within his intellect to come out with the words of the song. The Holy Spirit worked silently within him, offering suggestions here and there, guiding him as he worked hard to compose a song that he and the other angels could sing.
“I love you, God, even if you took our child away.” Elijah cried.
“I love you, God, even if you took our child away.” His wife repeated after him. The couple hugged each other and sobbed.
Thank you, the Holy Spirit whispered. But the couple could not hear His voice.
Lucifer retreated back to hell, rage struggling to overpower him. Abaddon stayed behind on earth to keep watch over Elijah.
What a waste! Lucifer thought to himself.
He put off his plans to appear before the throne of God. No, today, he would not be meeting the Most High. He had no wish to listen to His boastful praise about Elijah, and he did not want to see Jesus.