Our tale begins with an almighty Divine Being proclaiming, “Let there be illumination,” and the light dividing Him into two entities—one of luminescence and the other of obscurity. The radiant being becomes our progenitor, fashioning the Multiverse into existence. However, conflicts arise amidst the drama of parenthood and sibling rivalry, causing disruptions in the grand plan, including an unsuccessful attempt to govern the Garden of Eden. Our Supreme Being seeks a savior from a specific lineage to reconcile with humanity. But how would our blood types vary if we originated from Adam and Eve?

I identify as an Israelite from a spiritual perspective due to my Orthodox Christian faith. There is a possibility that my beliefs may have been misguided. My understanding of our doctrine led me to believe that one automatically becomes an Israelite upon accepting Jeshua or Jesus Christ (whom I call Jeshua the Christ) as the Messiah. As I had accepted at least one variant of Jeshua the Christ, I see myself as a Judeo-African, at the bare minimum. However, as I matured, I came to realize that there may have been significant gaps in my understanding of what it truly means to be a Jew as opposed to an Israelite.