The Word of God (John 1:1) Translated the Mystery of God into the Language of Flesh and Blood so, through His Suffering and Our Forgiveness, We Could Understand the Nature of God

Jesus became one of us - an equal to us in our humanity - a partner with us in our suffering. The almighty made himself weak and, in weakness, his strength was made perfect (2 Corinthians 12:9). On the brink of battle with the monster of the Crucifixion, Jesus did something that no human general would do. He did something extraordinarily counter-intuitive (Isaiah 55:8-9). He disarmed. He defortified himself. He doffed his invincible armor of divinity, donned our frail uniform of flesh and blood and, dressed like us, he entered the scrum at the line of scrimmage, cheek to jowl with us, toe to hoof against evil. Jesus desired to translate the mystery of God into the language of flesh and blood so that, through his suffering and our forgiveness, all of the children could understand. He defortified himself in order to translate. He disarmed in order to make us understand.

As creatures of flesh and blood, we understand suffering. Not being divine, our understanding of forgiveness is not as well-developed.