The incarnation brings creation and redemption together. This emphasis is unique among all the religions of the world. . . . How does creation get redeemed in most religions? It doesn’t. . . . It is imperative for us to recover the narrative of the creator God who becomes involved in our creation to redeem it. . . . The incarnation is a real union of divinity and humanity that took place in the womb of the Virgin Mary. . . . The life, crucifixion, death, descent into hell, resurrection, and ascension fulfilled the hope of Israel for a world Redeemer. Jesus, the Messiah, is now resurrected and ascended as Lord over all the powers and principalities. By his sacrifice for sin, he has won a great victory over all that is evil and death. — Robert Webber, Ancient-Future Worship: Proclaiming and Enacting God’s Narrative (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2008), 36-38.