Lucifer was given his name because the morning star was the first one in the morning and that made them think of him as a fallen angel, the first star to fall from the heavens.
Eh, Neo could be the new Jesus. 😛 Wouldn't an angel protect either god or the people? So why is he protecting the Oracle? *shrug*
really loving all the theories on this board - seraph truely rocks, and things seem clearer visa vie the whole "protect what matters most" subject.
with regard to Merovingian being lucifer, i can see the parallels - every1 shud read a book called "i, lucifer" by glenn duncan - its fiction, but a work of genius!! very funny, and makes u think alot about the circumstances surrounding the fall - u almost end up on lucifers side...
as for the prodigal son, i think he is refering to the fact that most of the programs, if not all, work for Mero now, but Seraph decided to guard the Oracle rather than allow himself to be corrupted like the mero, etc have. And as for Judas, Mero would call him this because he is helping the humans, rather than the machines, like he "should be" doing...and the wingless one means he is a seraphim, but on "earth", so to speak...
Actually. We MAY yet get more info on Seraph.
From http://www.dailyhaggis.com/archives/games/000487.html
"Silver added that there is talk about doing another video game, beyond the current hit Enter the Matrix. "There's a moment in [The Matrix Revolutions], when Seraph [Collin Chou] comes in with Neo [Keanu Reeves] and Trinity [Carrie-Anne Moss] and Morpheus, and the Merovingian [Lambert Wilson] says to him, 'Oh, the prodigal son returns.' And the boys [writers/directors Larry and Andy Wachowski] wanted to kind of explore that backstory."