The spiritual kingdom of Israel, nevertheless, subsists not on ethnicity or family ties, but on faith.

Just as Israel became the first fruits of the world by entering into covenant with God, Jesus incarnated into the most genuine fruition of his essential character.

There, in the Levantine crossroads between Europe, Africa, and Asia, the sovereign nation of Israel would exemplify what right looks like.

Thus, the removal of the Jewish people to Babylonia laid the groundwork for the Christian faith. Simply put, the Gentiles who followed Jesus had some familiarity with the Jews’ monotheism because of their erstwhile proliferation throughout the Mediterranean realm.

As the Holy One of Israel, the foretold Messiah of the Hebrew prophets, Jesus was the exemplary Jew of all Jews, the Rabbi of all rabbis, the Lord of all lords, the King of all kings, and the Human Being of all human beings.

By defining Logos as a hypostasis of the divine, John underscored the most important aspect of Jewish religion: faith in one God.