The doctrine of the Ascension is an easily overlooked Christian belief. And while the beauty of the Nativity scene is a revered and celebrated image in Christianity, the depth and ramifications of the Incarnation are seldom explored to the extent deserved. In other words, despite the popularity of Christmas and a basic understanding that Christ has left this earth, a thorough reflection on Christ’s embodiment on this world and beyond has been elusive in many believers’ discipleship. Considering that the limitations and nuances of human embodiment have occupied the minds of philosophers for centuries, and that theological and bioethical questions of the body are particularly pressing today, a closer investigation of the Ascension and the Incarnation is warranted.In the context of Abrahamic religion and post-Enlightenment deism, the Christian belief that the God dwelt in a fully human body is a genuinely radical claim. And while many pagan deities were described as taking physical form and the concept of an avatar or manifestation of the divine can be found as well, the belief in a singular incarnation event for a monotheistic deity is peculiar. Perhaps most uniquely, Christ’s Incarnation has salvific goals and His Ascension carries intercessory intentions. Though God knows the human condition through omniscience, He chooses to identify with and suffer with humanity. The body is made a holy thing, not beneath God Himself to bear. And holy bodies deserve holy treatment and demand holy responsibility, the foundations for which will be explored in this paper.