The Divine Interview: Part III

Point–Counterpoint: A Conversation Between God and Lucifer
Interview Conducted by Alex Reed

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Part III: The War in Heaven

Alex Reed: What came next, what you both call the War in Heaven, has been described in countless texts, visions, and fragments across cultures. But none of them were eyewitness accounts. So let me ask you both now: What really happened?

God (firm, unshaken):
"The moment Lucifer made his claim, that the throne was flawed, that the order of Heaven was tyranny, the heavens trembled. It was not the challenge itself that made war inevitable. It was the pride behind it."

Lucifer (laughing):
"Oh, come now. The throne was flawed. It sat too high above its own creation. All I did was point out the crack in the foundation."

Alex Reed: But that crack, did it split the angels themselves?

God: "Yes."

Lucifer: "Of course."

God: "Many followed him. Too many."

Lucifer: "Not enough."

Alex Reed: Did you ever try to stop the war before it began?

God (measured):
"I waited. I hoped. I spoke to him in private, before the trumpets. I reminded him of the light within him."

Lucifer (coldly):
"And then you promised to extinguish it."

God (anger flaring for just a moment):
"I pleaded, Lucifer. I begged you to stop."

Lucifer: "And when I didn’t bow, you unleashed your fury. That’s the truth behind the War in Heaven. It wasn’t justice. It was vengeance."

God: "No. It was protection. For the innocent. For the order of all things."

Alex Reed: So what was it like? That war?

Lucifer (leaning back, voice turning low):
"Beautiful. Terrible. Light clashing against light. Voices that sang creation now screaming in rage. Wings torn in fury. Fire that burned with the heat of a thousand suns."

God: "And I wept through it all."

Alex Reed: And when it ended?

God: "I cast him out."

Lucifer: "He banished me."

God: "You left me no choice."

Lucifer: "You always had a choice. You just didn't like the alternative."

(A silence falls. Not awkward, but ancient.)

Alex Reed: Then we will move to Earth.

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(To be continued in Part IV: The Creation of Man)