Why Did God Create Lucifer?

[ReformedDave]

Originally Posted by Bro-Larry

"Foreknowledge" is the key to this riddle. God foreknows what choices will be made by His creation. This does not prevent any creature from exercising his free will. We can know this, because God already had a plan of redemption, for mankind, ready before the foundation of the world.

God does not control the choices, but He knows beforehand what choices they will make. If God was controlling the choices, why didn't He run down to Eden real fast and slap that fruit out of Eve's hand?

Angels obviously have the power of choice, but not the legal right of choice. The devil made choices that he had no authority to make, therefore punishment is all he should expect to recieve. There is no plan for the redemption of fallen angels.

The robber, who takes a gun and robs a bank, has the power, but not the authority to do that. When the authorities catch him, they will take away his power, and punishment is all he should expect to recieve. The judge is not going to say, "Go in peace and sin no more".

If God foreknows what a person will do can that person do otherwise?