Why did not his divine nature ward off the trouble?

We know that the Godhead, so far from hindering the imputation of sin, was that which made it possible for sin to be imputed to him. Had he not been divine, there could have been no imputation. If, then, his Godhead did not hinderbut help the imputation of sin, it surely would not hinder the consequences of that imputation.

If the imputation was real, the sufferings must be real. His Godhead availed not to diminish or neutralize the sorrowbut to give to that sorrow its infinite value and sin-bearing character. The union of his divine nature with the human was, not to interfere with the actings of the humanbut to make them efficacious; not to ward off sufferingbut to impart to it its vicarious potency; not to make the cup less bitterbut to make its contents healing and saving; not to save the victim from the ... more.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.