[ Wow, guess Gabriel totally never existed, huh? And then, obviously, there's Castiel, who's shot himself in the foot quite a bit, yet still managed to end up a lot better off than you archangels. ]

If your Father wanted Lucifer dead, why did he bother to make a Cage, Michael? Why not simply kill him?

He could have called me and it'd have been settled the same day. He had my number, I assure you.

If all God wanted was Lucifer dead, why did he bother to throw him in a cage? So Heaven and Hell could all build up resources and breed a long line of humans to be your optimum vessels? Having you travel through time and space to bully humans into giving you what you wanted? And then, of course, it all leads up to you and Lucifer destroying God's favorite planet and all the humans. Perhaps this is ignorant of me, but wasn't picking on the humans the entire reason for Lucifer's being Caged?

After all that's done, finally, Lucifer would be killed.

That's the plan you assumed your Father wanted you to do, right? In a nutshell.

I just don't get why God would make you go through all that trouble, just to do what could have been done when the whole issue began.

Why would He want all that beating around the bush that led to almost none of his children surviving, Michael? Why would God want that?

It's simple, really: He wouldn't.

You know why?

Because that's stupid.