I used to think of the cross as an odd symbol for Christianity, but I think I'm beginning to understand its potency as a symbol. The great challenge for Christ was not the Resurrection. God took care of that. The challenge was the fulfillment of His destiny to face a terrifying death of the body as a means of redeeming man's sin and earning eternal life for man's spirit. When He said "Father take this cup from me", He was expressing the natural and understandable fear of death that anyone would experience. His acceptance of physical suffering and death, of the Cross, represents the triumph of his spirit and the transformation of man.