Guys, I'm having a difficult time with the notion of lucifer.

I could go for some subway right now

>>9690785
it's not 100% clear there are different theological/literary interpretations

some say Lucifer was his name before he fell
some say he is just a fallen angel but in the end god is allmighty and supreme
some say he almost as powerful as god and that they are in a constant sturggle so to say (dualistic notion)
some say his only power is in hell where he tortures the sinners

but I like your idea of associating the name "Lucifer" with intellectual discovery, if you go with a miltonic interpretation (that the snake was indeed Satan) it's certainly an interesting thought (it's the tree of knowledge after all)

but, yea, the bible doesn't really give closure here so there is no 100% "right" or "wrong" answer

>>9691207
does the Bible have a pantheon of angels? of Demons?

is the Bible unambiguous about Hell?

>>9689439

>>9691207
Not OP but from reading Paradise lost and some secondary material I got the notion that "Lucifer" is just a placeholder name to refer to Satan before he fell and his true angelic name is lost ('blotted out' by God).

As far as intellectual discovery goes, Satan was the first to gain knowledge of good and evil through his sin of pride and his refusal to serve. The angels had no concept of goodness because it was all they had experienced. Of course he also lead man to intellectual discovery by tricking them into consuming the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.