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When I was in college, I took a class on John Milton and I wrote my final paper on Lucifer/Satan and the trilogy. My thesis was something like G-ds plan was for Lucifer to be the third member of the Trinity but Lucifer was too jealous of The Son to accept that role. His rebellion was to challenge The Sons (perceived?) more important role in The Fathers eyes. Lucifer was never going to accept a role he considered subservient to The Son, so he chose to reign in Hell rather than serve in Heaven.

His position was filled by the Holy Ghost, which always seemed random to me so I liked Miltons take on the situation. (Or at least my interpretation of Miltons take, which of course was not Miltons original idea but was my exposure to it.)