The Fall.
Angels are obedient to the word and will of god. but they do have free will, they chose to worship god and sing his praises because they can see the perfection of his divinity. when god made man (his son Jesus) in his own image and told the heavenly host(angels) to bow before man and accept his word as they did that of god, Lucifer did bow but in his heart he was filled with jealousy and anger, Lucifer had been the golden boy and most beloved of god in heaven, and as a being of perfection could not see why god had placed another in his seat at the right hand of god.
Lucifer gathers the angelic host and declares his refusal to bow to man, he proposes to form a new government and be commander of all who would follow his word, angels that were loyal and true to god tried to reason with him that gods will was divine and that he must repent his words or face the wrath of god.
Lucifer refuses and calls the loyal angels slaves, at this point he gathers a lot of support (the only figure I've seen is 133,306,668 fifteenth century bishop of tusculum) because the fact he is inciting rebellion is proof enough for many amongst the host, the loyalist tell them to close their ears(?) from the deception and hate and again advised Lucifer and all who had been affected by him to go to god and confess their wickedness.
Lucifer again refuses and the loyalist rush off to tell god of the growing rebellion, now someone at this point is wondering why did god not just stop this with a thought he is supposed to be all powerful after all, well to do that would be to prove Lucifer right that the angels were no more than slaves to gods will, so he gave the rebellion the opportunity to match his strength and might. god decided that the rebels could no longer be allowed to stay in heaven and so had to be seen to be beaten and then banished.
All of the angelic host were gathered before god to determine each case be they loyal or rebel but before this is done Lucifer stands up and makes his case, he states that he should be taken into counsel with God and that Gods purpose should be revealed to him, but God tells Lucifer that his son alone shall know his secret purposes, and that all the host including Lucifer must yield to the Christ unquestioned servitude and loyalty, but for Lucifer himself it is to late and that he is unworthy of his place in heaven.
Lucifer pointed to his sympathizers, comprising nearly one half of all the angels, and exclaimed, "These are with me! Will you expel these also, and make such a void in heaven?" He then declared that he was prepared to resist the authority of Christ and to defend his place in heaven by force of might, strength against strength.
God tells the angels that the rebels can no longer be allowed to stay in heaven as their place was dependant on their will to follows Gods laws, this enrages Lucifer further and he becomes bolder in his dissent, stating that the angels should be free to follow their own will and that their own perfection would guide them right, that the law of God was a restriction on their liberty and that abolishing the law was now his will.
So there is a war in heaven (hmm would make an interesting Mod) and Christ and the loyal angels are victorious,Lucifer and his followers are cast down to rule over the earth, in heaven the justice of God is exalted and peace reigns once again, there is no longer a trace of rebellion in heaven, though the loyal angels weep and mourn at the loss of the fallen.
God tells the Christ of his plans for man, that he is to inhabit the earth as a test of his loyalty, if man should pass the test whenever God sought him to prove himself, he would be equal to the angels and seated in heaven,
Also see The revolt of the angels by Anatole France (fictional)
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/afrance.htm
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In 1914's The Revolt Of The Angels by Anatole France (1844-1924), we have the first artistically successful pro-Satanic novel. The elegance of France's prose, even in translation, is a welcome antidote to the vulgarity of most modern self-styled Satanists. Included here is the resplendently imagined final chapter of this insurrectionary work, in which Satan leads his angels to victory against the forces of Heaven and crowns himself ruler of the universe. Having grown accustomed to the majesty of his exile, the victorious Fallen Angel realizes that dissent is an integral part of his being. Ill-suited to the monotony of ruler ship after so many aeons as a metaphysical renegade, he finally concludes that “God conquered, will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God.”
and Flowers from hell, a collection of the best writers on the subject from Milton to Faust and Poe to Marlowe, but don't blame me if you start wearing black and listening to that Devil music.
http://www.creationbooks.com/text-flowers.html
An Epic Heaven vs Hell Mod?
), and I had a crazy idea. What if someone were to make a mod centered around the eternal struggle between heaven, hell, and earth? I'ld rather it not be a "Diablo: Total War" (Diablo is awesome, but I can't see it in TW), but basically the same idea:
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Originally Posted by Solo1906
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, I can help you a little with unit ideas and stuff if I have some spare time.
. This is a great idea for a mod.
Make it more evil-looking
to hold on to (it does represent the "gate" to Hell, after-all). That would mean a TON of unrest, and so the only logical reason to take it would be to take all other Hell-controlled territories first (so that taking "Hell" would kill the faction).
