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Guardians of the Seal<br />
creature's nostrils. And then He breathed into the creature. As He did, the<br />
man became a living soul, possessing an essence of God. Only God could<br />
have crafted such a plan. Even Lucifer was impressed. Something so<br />
simple was the greatest of all creation, even greater than the most<br />
powerful of the angels. No demon, not even he, could handle this<br />
creature head on. The very essence of God was within the creature.<br />
Nothing was created greater. So this was what God desired. He wanted<br />
relationship. He wanted something that could relate with Him out of its<br />
own will, out of love.<br />
Lucifer watched as God carried the man tenderly in his arms and<br />
placed him inside a garden He had planted in preparation for him. He<br />
called the garden Eden of the East. It was replete with all kinds of lush<br />
trees in full fruit, all looking juicy and ready for the man to dig into. A<br />
river ran right through it, dividing into smaller rivers just at the edge of<br />
the garden. The jealousy in Lucifer rose. He couldn't create anything like<br />
this. He watched on in awe. Then he heard God speak to the man.<br />
"You are free to eat from any tree in the garden,” He said, “but you must<br />
not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat<br />
of it, you will surely die."<br />
Lucifer had seen enough. Unlike him and any other creature, this one<br />
called man was free to do things according to his own will. This creature<br />
had freewill. Lucifer felt the rage within him begin to grow. He needed to<br />
get out of there before he lost his form. He quickly crossed the spirit<br />
divide and that took him back to his realm in Neatherworld. As he<br />
entered, he released his eji form. He destroyed everything that was in his<br />
path. Countless demons that could not get out of his way quickly enough<br />
were consumed by the smoke spewing out of his chest pipes. All that fell<br />
within his shadow as he passed was obliterated the instant the shadow<br />
touched them. Why did God have to have it all? He had Heaven and now<br />
He had created a very beautiful earth, plus man, with whom He could<br />
have a relationship. And what did he, Lucifer, have? This smoke-filled,<br />
depressing place, and demons that were the vilest of all things in the<br />
universe, as companions.<br />
Well then, he needed to figure out how to use what he had to get what
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