scopes of comparison

this is a question, not an answer

i think about in the movies when they want to show that someone is really powerful, they show some intro sequence where they come up against some impossible situation - like a truck coming at them or a gun pointed at that them or another strong guy who they destroy. and it's the most exciting thing to see some hero walk into a situation where they are surrounded by ten guys who think that he is about to get destroyed, but he's got that quiet calm because we know he is more powerful than all of them. and when you follow some protagonist through a series of adventures and you become more and more impressed with how powerful he is, then they meet someone and we learn that the new character is one hundred times more powerful.
and it's those comparisons that make us say 'wow'. and they put it all in perspective.
and we love that first guy, and we love that second guy, because we've come to understand just how great they are. and if i saw a man on the train and knew that he could crush a truck i'd be in such awe.
are you with me here?

but something is lost when we jump to 'Jesus was God in human form'.
and there's something in Him having 'too much power' that our minds can't handle it.
he was a man. he was a man on earth. he was a man on earth who would think the universe out of existence.

maybe it's like zooming out on google-earth and for the first little while your brain says, "wow, look sydney's huge" but then it's too far and too much and you can't hold the comparison together and pretty soon you're back at the old familiar shapes on the map and you feel as though you 'understand' the size of the planet. but there's something missing. because we still look at a cliff or a waterfall or a tree and say "that's giant" without the same awe when we see our entire continent on a map.