Why was Lucifer the bringer of light?

Answer 1

Lucifer was often called the bringer of light, or light bringer, because he was the brightest and holiest angel in heaven before he fell from grace after the great war between Lucifer and God. It also has a tie in with his supposed last name, Morningstar, which is the brightest star in the sky. Another reason is because Lucifer literally translates to "light-bringer" in Latin.

Answer 2

Slavery is the absolute control of one being over another, without concern for the feelings, thoughts, desires or destiny of that other being except as it serves the purposes of the slave master. God (speaking now of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition) created both the angels and mankind to serve and worship Him for all eternity. Any attempt to vary from God's commands, or even to decide right and wrong for oneself, is considered a sin punishable by death and deserving of banishment from God's realm for all of eternity. The reward for continued, unquestioned obedience to these tenets is, on the other hand, the continued opportunity to remain in God's realm as His servant. Forever.

From the standpoint, then, of one who values free-will and self-determination, Lucifer's rebellion against God was, in truth, a rebellion against eternal slavery. His attempts to sway the other angels and humanity to join him in that rebellion could even be seen as an attempt to illuminate and free those chained in ignorance and servitude, so that they could live life as God lives it: To serve their own desires and needs. For a creature like man, created in the image of God, could a life lived to serve another ever be truly fulfilling? If God then created man in His image, intending all along to enslave him and thus to deny him forever what He had eternally enjoyed (the fullfillment of self-determination), then is not God the ultimate in selfish, if not sociopathic, indulgence? And if Lucifer chose what he must have known was an unwinnable fight against an unbeatable foe simply because he could not bear for himself or others to suffer such a fate, did he not then lay aside his own ease, indeed his very life, to bring freedom to his brethren and to mankind? By The Bible's words, "Greater love has no man than this; that a man lay his life down for his friend", does this not make Lucifer the very epitome of the character of love, and the ultimate example of selflessness?

Christianity tells us that Jesus was the ultimate in self-sacrifice for us. But consider this: Jesus knew full well that anything He sacrificed here on earth was meaningless considered next to eternity, and that by making that sacrifice he would become, and forever would remain, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Pretty heady stuff considering that all others would be condemned to an eternity of servitude.

But Lucifer sacrificed an eternity in heaven rather than bow his knees to One he saw as a Tyrant and a Slavemaster. And he made this sacrifice knowing that, in the end, he was doomed to failure. But he chose the motto, "Give me liberty, or give me death", instead of "Might makes right". Was he foolish? Perhaps. Was he too bold? Maybe. But was he wrong?

If you believe that the ability to create and destroy matter, energy, and intelligent life confers upon itself the full ownership of those things created, then God is fully within His rights to expect eternal servitude from the intelligent beings He creates. Furthermore, He is fully within His rights to reward, punish, or dispose of those lives in any way that serves Him well, regardless of perceived cruelty or unfairness on the part of the created.

If, however, you believe that the ability to create intelligent life does not automatically confer upon the creator of that life OWNERSHIP of that life, then all of God's actions and expectations before and after the creation of that life are called into question. Torturing individuals and entire cultures, genocide, slavery, oppression, repression, and crimes against all of humanity can be laid at His holy feet. In fact, His feet are no longer holy at all, since He is no longer considered "set apart" from the created, but rather becomes subject to the same rules and codes of morality to which humans and angels (and demons, of course) have long been subject, as part of the circle of "intelligent lifeforms".

Why was Lucifer right? Well, that depends...how strongly do you feel about slavery? And should God get to make rules to which He Himself is not subject, simply because, like the Incredible Hulk, "God is the Strongest One there Is!"?

And that's why some would say, "Lucifer was right."