He simply brought a larger cup to hold the bitter drink.” (Chapter 14, pg. His divinity would be called upon, not to immunize him from pain, but to enlarge the receptacle that would hold it. For the Savior, however, there would be no such relief. He took upon him infinite suffering, but chose to defend with only mortal faculties, with but one exception-his godhood was summoned to hold off unconsciousness and death (i.e., the twin relief mechanisms of man) that would otherwise overpower a mere mortal when he reached his threshold of pain. To the contrary, it is for this very reason that his suffering was more, not less, than his mortal counterparts could experience. That he also had godly powers did not make his suffering any less excruciating, any less poignant, or any less real. Not once did he don the bulletproof vest of divinity. Not once did he raise the shield of godhood in order to soften the blows. He was in all respects subjected to every mortal failing experienced by the human family. “For those few moments in the eternal spectrum called mortality the Savior yielded to the mortal plight he submitted to the inhumanity of man his body longed for sleep he hungered he felt the pains of sickness. Part of the sacredness of this event lies in the fact that we feel much more than we can tell. The simple truth is, we have no tools to measure it or sufficient language to explain it. “The suffering endured by the Savior cannot be translated into some quantifiable mass or reduced to some mathematical equation.

Somehow, it may be that the sins of every soul were individually (as well as cumulatively) accounted for, suffered for, and redeemed for, all with a love unknown to man.” (Chapter 14, pg. This was a personalized, not a mass atonement. Rather, it was an offering driven by infinite love. This was not a nameless, passionless atonement performed by some detached, stoic being. “At some point the multitudinous sins of countless ages were heaped upon the Savior, but his submissiveness was much more than a cold response to the demands of justice.

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