The governing and controlling vision in the Bible is the economy of God. For the fulfillment of His economy, "God Himself went through five major steps—incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension—to produce the church. None of the five major steps is simple. God Himself becoming flesh was not a simple matter. To God, it was not simple to experience human living. He was God yet He lived in a man on the earth to have the human living for thirty-three and a half years. He also passed through death and then resurrected and ascended to heaven. Without passing through these processes, God could not produce the church."