The War in Heaven.

Something that has been interesting me a lot lately has been the idea of a war in Heaven, now I'm not too read up on the trusty 'ole bible so I don't know if that was covered in it. If you've ever seen the movie The Prophecy, it'll give you a story in which God replaced the Angels as his chosen in favour for Humans. Some Angels (Gabriel, played by Christopher Walken) hated this decision and were determined to tip the balance in their favour once again. A war raged on in which Gabriel's Angels fought against the Angels loyal to God, a stalemate insued for thousands of years resulting in no souls reaching heaven after they passed on. Gabriel went in search for a soul which would end the War in Heaven and see the Angels back in God's favour once more. Simon (Loyal to God, Played by Eirc Stoltz) heard about Gabriel's plan and asended to Earth and hid the soul from Gabriel. Somewhere along the way (i'm not gonna ruin the film for ya !) Lucifer joins in the fun and has a laugh with the lads and all that jazz !

Anyway, the film depicts the Angels as being killers, soldiers, and murderers in the service of God. Mentions how Lucifer and His Angels wanted to be Gods among Angels and were caste down and away from Gods light.

Gabriel : We cast out Lucifer's army, you and I. We threw their rebel thrones from the wall.
Simon : They wanted to be Gods
Gabriel : I don't wanna be a God Simon. I just wanna make it like it was, before the lie. When he loved us best.

I find all this interesting to consider. A war in which Mankind can't comprehend, the idea of Angels killing Angels, God being an almost malevolent entity in thought or being totally detached from the results of his actions (If this War is on going because of his actions, why doesn't He stop it ?)

Here's another quote from the movie that I like, refers to some of the above points which i find interesting:

Thomas Daggett: Did you ever notice how in the Bible, when ever God needed to punish someone, or make an example, or whenever God needed a killing, he sent an angel? Did you ever wonder what a creature like that must be like? A whole existence spent praising your God, but always with one wing dipped in blood. Would you ever really want to see an angel?

And another :

Thomas Daggett: Years later, of all the Gospels I learnt in seminary school, a verse from St. Paul stays with me. It is perhaps the strangest passage in the Bible, in which he writes: "Even now in Heaven there are Angles carrying savage weapons."

Anyways, I'm not gonna rant on and on, I'll be here forever ! It's a pretty good film, I'd recommend you watch it if ya find that stuff interesting.