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He came to make
  the Truth of Eternal Life
  obvious.
He came to prove
  that there is a heaven
  to be gained by us.
He came to die
  so He could rise again
that we might also hope
  in the resurrection.

It was His purpose to fulfill
  the highest expectations
  of righteousness
so that in the end
  there shall be
  no disappointment.
So we should expect
  that there be no mistake
  in the fate
  involved with Him.
And everything
  would be done
  just as well as
  anyone could ever possibly
  anticipate.

For whatever God does,
  He does very well.
And His Will
  shall be fulfilled
  in every detail.
Therefore,
since it was His destiny
  to show the reality
  of life after death,
then
it was first necessary
  that His death be made
  obvious.
For God would have
  no one complain
that Christ was not
  truly slain.
Thus
  He did not die
  hidden away in a 
  secret place.
Nor did He die
  as one among many-
  as in battle or catastrophe.
For then
  it would not be
  obvious enough
  for others to see
that His death
  had some special meaning.

But for evidences sake
  there was no mistake.
And just as one
  might anticipate
if this was destined
  to be His fate,
His death was meant to be
  a spectacular event
so that many people
  could witness it.
So just as you would
  expect
if this is what
  was meant,
many people witnessed it
  as He suffered unto death.

But would you expect
  that His death
would last only for
  a brief moment?
No!
For since it was meant
  to be a spectacular event,
His death lingered on
  for hours on end.

Yet,
surely all these witnesses
  who were destined
  to witness this
could have
  rescued Him and prevented
  all this evil punishment.
So how then
  could they allow this
  obvious injustice?
Could it be
  that they failed to see
that it was indeed
  truly He?
No!
It was meant to be
  plain to see
that it was He
  who died specifically.
And they proved that they
  knew indeed
who it was
  that was suffering.
For they
  mentioned Him by name
  particularly
just to make Him aware
  of His own agony.                                 See Matthew 27:41-44

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