The only universal language that survived the confounding of language that took place at Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) was the language of suffering. The language of suffering is our native tongue. All creatures who suffer understand it. Why did God speak to us in the language of suffering? God took flesh so he could speak to us in our native tongue. He didn't want us to misunderstand his message. The language of suffering is a simple language. It works like this. Nobody signs up to dive headfirst or, for that matter, even dip his toe into the boiling cauldron of suffering unless they are insane or something important outweighs the high cost of suffering. We understand that suffering is an exorbitant price we only willingly pay for something that is extremely dear to us. Jesus paid the exorbitant price because we are extremely dear to Him (Matthew 10:29-31). Jesus spoke to us in the language of suffering because he wants us to know that we are extremely dear to him. The Son of God became one of us - an equal to us in our humanity - a partner with us in our suffering - so we could become an equal to him in his divinity - a partner with him in his glory (Romans 8:17) (John 1:12).
