Rebellion – Lucifer, Satan, and Caligastia 

Lucifer, Satan, and Caligastia are higher orders of spiritual beings, above the angels, who were directly created by God. Lucifer was a high-ranking celestial administrator, Satan was his first lieutenant, and Caligastia was the Planetary Prince of our world, a celestial governor appointed to oversee a planet's development. All three were well regarded and served admirably for more than five hundred thousand years until, in their hearts, they began to array themselves against the Father’s will, thinking they should be in charge and do things better.

Lucifer was brilliant and distinguished himself for his wisdom, sagacity, and efficiency. From such a magnificent beginning, through evil and error, he embraced sin and became one of only three in the entire universe who defaulted on his duty to help others. He thought more of himself and fell for the sophistry of doing your own thing, the full expression of self, and of being number one, no matter what. He turned his back on his responsibilities and a blind eye to his fellow servers. He pledged allegiance only to himself.

Lucifer led a revolution to overthrow the government of the universe. His manifesto, which he called a Declaration of Liberty, contained three lies:

1. God does not exist. Certain leaders created the myth of God to keep lesser beings under control.
2. Rejection of the sovereignty of Jesus as a Creator Son of the local universe. Immortality is inherent, and individuals should assert independence against universal rulers.
3. To enjoy total freedom, answer only to yourself. Only we should determine what’s moral. We can gift ourselves the liberty of individual self-determination when freed from a fictitious promise of heavenly ascension.

Under the guise of desiring liberty for the good of all, these falsehoods would deprive all beings of true freedom: the opportunity to make personal choices and obey laws. Lucifer’s lawless approach still haunts our society.

Satan was Lucifer’s first assistant. Satan taught that allegiance should only be given to Lucifer, the true leader among us. Lucifer’s slogans were the "friend of men and angels" and the "God of liberty" as propaganda.

Caligastia was a superb administrator and manager of our world. In our historical language, the "devil" is in reference to Caligastia. He was trusted to represent and uphold the Universal Father's purposes and plans. About two hundred thousand years ago, the traitorous Caligastia cast his lot with Lucifer, vowing a permanent war. His first act was to proclaim himself the God of Earth and supreme ruler over all.

As a result of his tragic betrayal of trust, our world was darkened by rebellion and has pursued a stormy course ever since. Some of Caligastia's specific actions and impacts on our world include the following:

1. He proclaimed himself as God of Earth and supreme over all, effectively declaring independence from the universal government.
2. He systematically perverted the instruction and poisoned the teaching in all the planetary schools that were operating at the time. This was a deliberate and premeditated approach that led to the speedy and complete wreck of these schools.
3. He offered crafty and effective opposition to the Adamic mission. He used a sneaky strategy to convince Adam and Eve to deviate from their original mission, leading to their "fall."
4. He worked alongside Lucifer and Satan to attempt to derail Jesus' bestowal mission when he was on earth.
5. He approved of and likely influenced the plans to have Jesus killed, working behind the scenes to ensure that "unthinking mortals would reject him and scream to have him killed."

At the time Jesus was on earth in the flesh, Lucifer, Satan, and Caligastia ganged up in hopes of getting Jesus to fail in his bestowal mission by any means possible. They waited to face him as a human, at the weakest he would ever be.

Jesus climbed Mount Hermon to meditate and be alone with God for forty days to complete his task of human perfection and the experience of living as one of his creations and mortal on an inhabited planet. He asked his Father’s permission to meet his disloyal enemies alone, as a man, and without any help from above. God granted his request.

Satan (representing Lucifer) and Caligastia were present and made fully visible. Jesus was "tempted" by their Declaration of Liberty and, as a human, remained loyal to the Father’s universe and the way it was governed. They mentally and spiritually attacked Jesus with clever and spurious proposals and counterproposals. These have been symbolized as not having to work for one’s bread, the glamour of temple pinnacles, and walking unharmed off a cliff to help us fathom the mighty struggle Jesus endured, remaining determined to live just like one of us who cannot do any of these things.

To all of the suggested compromises and makeshifts and specious proposals of utilizing fear and worldly power, Jesus confirmed he would only do the will of his Paradise Father. He then addressed his rebellious sons:

"I am your Creator-father; I can hardly judge you justly, and my mercy you have already spurned. I commit you to the adjudication of the Judges of a greater universe."

When the vicious attack failed, Jesus’ guardian seraphim returned to his side and ministered to him.

When Jesus was baptized by John in the Jordan, his indwelling spirit of God said, ‘This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.’" Jesus saw a vision of himself as the Son of God, as he was before he came to earth and as he would be again when his life here was finished. So, Jesus went away for forty days to formulate his approach of further revealing God to man. Since God can literally do anything, Jesus had to consider which of his powers he should now utilize. What Lucifer had tempted Jesus to do, when Jesus resolved to live as a man, Jesus could now legitimately utilize these powers as a Creator Son of God, the ruler of the universe.

The Use of Power

The advantage of attracting the attention of the entire world through a dazzling display of power would get everyone’s immediate attention. However, Jesus rejected the use of his divine powers for personal benefit or to attract followers. He chose instead to live and work as a mortal man, relying on human methods to teach and reveal the Father's love rather than using miraculous displays or supernatural interventions.

Working Wonders like Moses; Providing Food and Drink

Moses brought forth water and manna in the desert. Jesus could provide a feast and immediately fit the bill of the Messiah that the Jews awaited. But how would that win hearts and demonstrate a life that reflected the love of his Heavenly Father? Jesus decided he would not use God-given talents for self-aggrandizement and personal gain. That was the sin of Lucifer and Caligastia. He would not override the laws of physics to impress others, just for some temporary display.

He decided he would not ask for superhuman intervention, even to save himself.

Performing Miracles to Win Followers

Jesus knew the miracle-seeking multitude did not cultivate deep spiritual roots. He demonstrated this to his apostles when he multiplied the loaves and fishes, and when he refused to be made an earthly king, they turned away. His approach would not be to awe the material mind.

Jesus realized he could climb the highest steeple and walk out on air to cheers below; that was the type of Messiah they were hoping for. But he would later disappoint them since he had not arrived to restore David's throne. These methods of bypassing steps to get quicker results end up causing mankind grief and slowing progression. Caligastia applied this method of trying to override the natural, slow, and sure way of evolution. Again, Jesus decided to follow the Father’s slow but sure way of accomplishing a divine purpose.

Teaching Methods

How should he proclaim the kingdom of God? Use miraculous power to destroy Israel’s enemies and establish an earth kingdom of the Jews who now rule the entire world, freed forever of want? Or force everyone into a spiritual kingdom by using his powers and declaring himself the leader? Jesus would not seek power, as did Caligastia. He would teach, reaching one individual soul at a time. He would finish his work as he began it, as a man, one who would seek out the will of his Father and then do it.

Judas alone made the decision to betray Jesus, but this traitorous act pleased Lucifer, Satan, and Caligastia in their desire to disrupt his bestowal mission.

Jesus’ decree of death originated in the councils of the rulers of the Jews. Their nefarious schemes had the full approval of Lucifer, Satan, and Caligastia. When Jesus was crucified, wicked mortals ensured that the Master suffered cruelly to satisfy their hatred. The archenemies of Jesus could not sign a death sentence, but they worked the mob to ensure unthinking mortals would reject him and then scream to have him killed.

The mistakes of our early world rulers plunged our planet into a state of confusion and isolation, aggravated by evil and sin. Had our leaders remained loyal to the Father's plan, our world would have progressed more rapidly in physical, intellectual, and spiritual development. And yet, this very background of darkness so appealed to the Son of God that he selected earth as the arena wherein to reveal the matchless love, mercy, and patience of our Paradise Father.

Lucifer and Satan are now detained in the heavenly prison worlds. While Caligastia is still free on earth to prosecute his nefarious designs, he has absolutely no power to enter the minds of men since Pentecost; neither can he draw near to our souls to tempt or corrupt us unless we really desire to be cursed with his wicked presence. Faith is, and always has been, an effective armor against sin and iniquity.

The final adjudication of Lucifer, Satan, and Caligastia is still pending, awaiting the completion of the current dispensation. Until then, our world continues to progress spiritually, gradually overcoming the lingering effects of the rebellion through the ongoing ministry of the Spirit of Truth and the indwelling spirit of God that resides within each of us.