If the Divinity of Christ is so important to Christian Faith, why is He not stating His divinity overtly?

The Divinity of Christ is imperative in the Christian faith because it defines our faith. But what is more important than Christ's claim to be Divine is His mission on earth and His message to the world. His mission was to redeeem man to God through the sacrifice of His life shed on the Cross. His message was that there is hope and salvation for all mankind through Him. His three-year ministry to raise diciples to take that message to the ends of the earth  and for all time would not have been accomplished if He proclaimed His Divinity in a pious, traditionally-Jewish embedded society. Christ would have been stoned to death at the very first claim to be Divine. His claim to Divinity would not have served His mission and message to the world.