Lucifer God's beloved son
Shipei Chong
Publisher: Chong Shipei
Summary
Lucifer, once the most radiant of all angels, remembers a time when heaven was filled with music, laughter, and love—a time when he walked beside God as a beloved son. But curiosity leads him down a forbidden path: the contemplation of the absence of goodness. Fascinated by the concept of evil, Lucifer begins experimenting with what he calls "absences"—absence of praise, absence of humility, absence of love—and discovers rebellion growing in his heart.As hatred and pride take root, Lucifer persuades a third of heaven's angels to follow him in a bold uprising. But the rebellion fails catastrophically. Cast out of heaven, Lucifer becomes Satan, ruler of a kingdom of regret. Tormented by memories of the love he once shared with God, he tries to bury his longing beneath cruelty, temptation, and mockery.On Earth, a humble pastor named Elijah Green becomes Lucifer's next target. Elijah's ministry has been converting Satanists back to Christ, humiliating Lucifer before his own demons. In a moment of vicious revenge, Lucifer kidnaps and murders Elijah's daughter—yet the child's final act is not fear, but forgiveness. Her dying words haunt Lucifer relentlessly: "I will pray for you."As Elijah collapses in grief and heaven moves to comfort him, Lucifer unexpectedly finds himself reliving memories of the Trinity—memories of the Father who named him, the Son who laughed with him, the Holy Spirit who inspired his songs. The more he tries to hate, the more guilt and longing gnaw at him. Even his own demons begin to sense something changing within their master.Then comes the moment that shatters him: Jesus calls him by his true name—Lucifer—and leads him to meet the child he killed. Standing before her radiant and restored, Lucifer is forced to confront a truth he had long denied: that God still loves him… even now.Moved by the impossible hope revealed in the Book of Jonah, Lucifer breaks. The demons gather around their weeping master as he confesses his guilt and whispers a prayer he never dreamed he could speak again."God, forgive me."Light returns. Evil shatters.And the fallen Morning Star rises again—not as Satan the Accuser, but as Lucifer, the Light-Bearer restored.
