Not one to rule out possibilites; it may be that Tom is in fact Eru, who has entered into middle earth but under restrictive conditions he set himself. The Ainur vowed during the war for the Silmarils that (after feanor acted as he did) they would have no part in the affairs, it was only because of Earendil that they went to the Final Battle of the war. Perhaps Eru views that he will not counter sauron despite (obviously) having the power to, he entered into a realm who's boundaries he set himself and stayed in there. The Istari were on Middle Earth to combat sauron, perhaps Eru had always been in the old forest since the making of Arda, unbeknown to the other Ainur?
Personally i don't think it would be prudent to rule out any possibilites when regarding Tom. (except those that are obviously ludicrous!)
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'A thinking tyrant, it seemed to Vetinari, had a much harder job than a ruler raised to power by some idiot system like democracy. At least HE could tell the people he was THEIR fault.'
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