To me, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ is the most staggering and terrible event in human history. It is also the most necessary. Bruce Barton described the last hours of Jesus' life in his book, "The man nobody knows" from the early 20th century. Jesus must have experienced excruciating physical pain when those nails were driven through his body. He must have experienced terrible emotional pain to see his friends and supporters desert him at the hour of his death. But none of this could have compared to when he called out to his father God, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"