Defortification

As God, Jesus had access to unlimited divine resources. However, he lacked our limited human resources. So, 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 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). 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. His incarnation filled his treasury with the coin of flesh and blood that he spent to purchase for us the gift of forgiveness.