Aiwendil, I don't mean knowledge of Eru himself, I mean knowledge of his purpose-for Ea, and what was to come. I'm sorry I wasn't clear. You pretty much get what I was driving at anyways though. Manwe, and te Valar, understood that there was a big master plan about to unfold, so they had enough patience and faith to let the Children of Iluvitur come when they were good and ready. (Not so much Aule, bu that was really anticipation more than anything.) Morgoth saw that plan, but would not understand it because he wanted things for himself, namely the Secret Fire in the beginning, (at first a desire to merely possess, later a desire to dominate and control) and later dominion over Ea. The whole force theory is really a good analogy for it.
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