Lucifer was a primary Lanonandek Son.
He was once considered one of the hundred most brilliant personalities
of more than seven hundred thousand Lanonandek Sons. Lucifer now is
one of three System Sovereigns in ten thousand who, by embracing sin
and rejecting universe allegiance, have rebelled against the local universe
government. Lucifer and his assistant, Satan, reigned on Jerusem for
more than five hundred thousand years before they became traitors to
the Universal Father.
It is difficult to trace the exact cause
of Lucifer's rebellion. No specific conditions in the system of Satania
favored the outbreak. At some point, Lucifer's evil devolved into deliberate
sin; his self-pride turned into self-deception.
Several months passed before Lucifer succeeding
in corrupting his assistant, but once corrupted, Satan became the primary
spokesperson for Lucifer's cause on Urantia. Satan was assisted by Caligastia,
the Planetary Prince; Abaddon, Caligastia's chief of staff; and Beelzebub,
leader of the disloyal midwayers.
Lucifer presented his three main arguments
in a manifesto known as the Lucifer Declaration of Liberty. The rebel
claimed that the Universal Father was merely a myth invented by the
Paradise Sons so they could maintain power in the universes. He protested
the right of Michael to rule and denounced the Ancients of Days as tyrants
and foreign potentates. Finally, he condemned the mortal ascension plan
on the grounds that it wasted time and energy on a fictional destiny.
Lucifer's manifesto was issued at the
annual conclave of Satania on the sea of glass two hundred thousand
years ago. He promised that Planetary Princes who followed him would
rule as supreme executives. Michael, after taking counsel with his brother
Immanuel, decided to assume a position of noninterference. Lucifer was
given a free hand to promote his plan, and he pointed to this apparent
lack of notice as proof that the universe government was unable to stop
him. The following years were a time of great testing in Satania.
Gabriel, leading Lucifer's opposition,
set up headquarters in Satania and assumed command of the hosts loyal
to Michael. The conflict was terrible, real, and far more deadly than
material warfare on the immature worlds. Material life is lost in material
conflicts, but those who choose the wrong side during heavenly rebellion
forfeit their eternal lives.
The Lucifer Rebellion was system-wide.
Thirty-seven Planetary Princes chose the side of the rebel; hundreds
of thousands of personalities were lost. At the outbreak of the insurrection,
the entire system of Satania was isolated from the constellation and
universe communication circuits. No Trinitized Sons, Melchizedeks, archangels,
or Brilliant Evening Stars rebelled, but a heavy loss occurred from
Morontia Companions and Mansion World Teachers. All of the supreme order
of seraphim remained loyal, but many superior and third order seraphim
were lost. One third of the administrator angels went astray along with
their associated cherubim. Over six hundred thousand Material Sons rebelled,
as did large numbers of midway creatures. Ascending mortals withstood
the rebellion better than the lower spirits. Not one ascendant citizen
on Jerusem was lost, which, ironically, validated the mortal ascension
scheme by proving that the best security against cosmic rebellion was
the experience of universe ascension.
Lucifer and Satan roamed freely until
the bestowal mission of Michael was completed on Urantia. Their attack
against him while he was incarnate on Urantia brought an end to any
remaining sympathy for the rebel cause in Satania. Michael's bestowal
terminated the rebellion throughout the system except on the thirty-seven
planets that rebelled. Salvation was offered to all rebels during the
early days of the insurrection; none of the leaders accepted mercy,
but thousands of angels and lower orders of beings were rehabilitated.
The Ancients of Days have yet to hand
down a decision regarding the disposition of Lucifer, Satan, and their
associates. Lucifer and Satan are currently imprisoned on the Father's
transition spheres surrounding Jerusem. For nineteen hundred years,
their status has remained unchanged.
Michael's last act before leaving Urantia
was to offer mercy to Caligastia and Dalagastia, but they rejected his
offer. Caligastia is still free on Earth, although he has no power to
enter the human mind and cannot corrupt any person unless they truly
desire to be cursed with his presence. Both Caligastia and Dalagastia
are powerless against the Thought Adjusters and the Spirit of Truth.
The system circuits will not be reinstated
as long as Lucifer lives. It is believed that all rebels who will ever
accept mercy have already done so. The universe awaits the Uversa decree
that will deprive these rebels of personality existence.