This is what makes so much more sense to me than the traditional redemption view.  I remember, as a kid, wondering why God the Father could send His son, specifically to be killed, most especially in such a horrible way.  It just didn't sound right.  I remember my son asking me that as a teen, telling me that it made no sense.  
What makes much more sense is that we, human beings, are very, very slowly growing in our ability to understand God and God's love.  For the longest time, we all insisted that love meant hitting one's child.  It has taken millennia for that understanding to change.  If it takes us so long to figure out relationships between humans, why would it be odd that it takes longer to figure out our relationship to God?