Martyrdom and Holy Characters

This is not a fully-formed thought but it just came to me on a reread. So we see in RoW that Dalinar is beginning to take on a holy status to some members of the Vorin church, and presumably others. The more obvious reaction to this is to treat it as foreshadowing to him possibly assuming a shard, be it a reconstituted Honor-type shard, Odium's, or some mixture of the two.

But what if instead it is setting up his martyrdom? That theme of self-sacrifice comes up a lot in the series, and particularly its more religious/Jesus-y aspects. There's a lot of religious iconography of this with the Oathpact and the Heralds being quasi-deities, and even Honor probably making a kamikaze run on Oldium to keep Rayse bound in Roshar. With the way the contest of champions is set up and Dalinar himself being on the line as a potential prize, I think this hints at his martyrdom. We can't know the precise sequence of events that would lead to it, but I think his 'holiness' would be sealed up if he comes to be identifed as the Leader that Sacrificed Himself for his People. And in the backhalf, we might even see a Church of Dalinar-type organization.

It's not very well thought-out, but thoughts?