'Which is as Fate to all Things Else’

[Gurthang]

Originally Posted by davem

But didn't the Numenorean assault on Valinor 'exceed what He willed'? Yes, he stepped in & stopped them - in a pretty extreme way: a way that suggests that he not only wanted to stop the invasion but also to punish the sinful Numenoreans as a people.

And what's to say that the Numenorean assualt was not a part of Eru's ultimate plan? If all that Men do is already set in stone by Eru, then he had already put into his plan that they would 'rebel'. Which means that it was also his plan to intervene and drown Numenor. A certain flood from the Bible is coming to mind.