REPRISE:Why bother with the whole brutal,messy...IJR.May I be so bold as to answer this directly,Sir.The question you have asked poses a greater importance in terms of logic and filial love between Father and Son rather than just demostrating His love for the human-race.God allowed Himself to be mistreated not only to show love but to make manifest the horror of sin and His abhorency for the transgressions of His commandments that His passion was to serve a literal example of God's sorrow for a single sin and it's effect that brought the world death in body(our first parents)and in soul(eternal damnation)if unrepented.I do not hold a B.A,M.A,pH.D,D.D,or a Y.M.C.A,R.S.P.C.A,W.W.F,O.P.P or any other acronymous accolade of honor in religion as such but I received the Kinder Surprise Award and a pat on the head by Sister Mary Bridget in fourth-grade for religious excellence.So I hope that is validation enough to give credit to my response?God bless..if God is a myth?I bid you good will, Sir.