In Christian faith the incarnation is retained in its spatio-temporal particularity as a story that happened once and then. It can neither be repeated nor be transformed into a universal principle valid at all times. But this particular spatio-temporal event, Christians claim, has an eschatological significance. It is determinative of God’s ultimate relationship to his creation. Therefore, it has a finality that cannot be surpassed. This finality is the basis for its eschatological universality.