It being Good Friday- Believers, why didn't Jesus save himself?

I am a non believer. I will grant, the flimsiness of the historical record notwithstanding, that a guy that we call Jesus existed.

I will not grant that he had a divine hotline to the mystical infinite.

But this is not about me. It is about you believers. I think you are naive, but I am always listening.

The Jesus of myth healed the sick, raised the dead and fed the multitudes with a few fish and some bread.

So why didn’t he remove himself from the pain and humiliation of the cross? He would have made a significant point, he would have made the Romans look foolish, and when he died a natural death, he could still have been resurrected for a final appearance, and then gone to heaven.

So what was the point of the “drama” of the crucifixion?

I am not stupid, but neither do I have all the answers. Help me out.