How is Christ denoted the hero in "The Dream of the Rood"? What stated qualities mark him as a hero?

1. How is Christ denoted the hero in "The Dream of the Rood"? What stated qualities mark him as a hero? There are several lines in the poem, The Dream of the Rood, that denotes Christ Jesus as a hero. The personified tree remembers clearly the events that took place at Calvary. He (the tree/cross) was seized from his stump and created to be the cross that would bear the weight our Savior Jesus Christ …

…gave his life for a nation of unbelievers; Christ is a Hero, for with this act of Grace has saved us. The cross told that both he and Jesus Christ bore the weight of the sinners Jesus died to save. He (the cross) tells of the nails embedded in his wood and the blood of Christ that was spilled upon his limbs. He (the cross) demanded respect to the cross, in honor of Jesus Christ.