Happy New Year!
First and foremost, I apologize for this late post. I got caught up in the pre-Christmas busyness.
The group read and discussed "The fall of Lucifer" by Wendy Alec in November 2012.
Wendy writes about Lucifer's fall from Heaven and how he became satan (the devil). Although purely fiction, I quite enjoyed her intriguing imagination of what might have happened in heaven during the initial time of Lucifer's fall. Despite her rather disappointing writing style, I enjoyed the story's plot and was able to focus on the messages within:
• pride and how it impacts our relationship with God.
• God's unconditional and redeeming love for all His creation.
Overall, I thought it was an interesting story however not every member of the group agreed on that. This is a book you will either like or dislike.
Please share your comments and thoughts with us if you have read this book.
Kind regards,
Ope
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Synopsis
In the hallowed corridors of heaven itself, the love between three angelic brothers fills the ages before time began. Lucifer, the beloved of heaven, first and greatest of the three. Worship leader of heaven. His throne second only to the Most High's. Ever has he been the Lord God's prince and favourite subject.
Michael, commander of the host of heaven, strong and wise and steadfast. And Gabriel, youngest and most idealistic, loyal and loving for eternity past. Brothers for eternity.
The shining halls of glory buzz with the news of God's new creation: a physical universe. Stars and planets and seas and creatures, all to be made not to spirit but of matter. All to provide the home for the Almighty's crowning creation, a mortal man, bearing in physical form the DNA of God Himself.
Lucifer sees his replacement as God's favourite in mankind. His envy of the race of men becomes obsessive and his unrelenting decline and subsequent rebellion gets him banished from the first heaven with a third of his renegade angelic host. He is determined to wreak revenge against the race of men by all means……
