When John the Baptist presented Jesus as Israel's King, what was in the long view?
The long view was the kingdom. John the Baptist's presentation of Jesus as Israel's King anticipated the promised government, because a viable kingdom requires a king and a king requires a kingdom. This matched the Abrahamic covenant's third part: God Himself in the person of the Messiah would come to be King, Messiah, Redeemer, and Savior.
Les teaches that the Abrahamic covenant contained three basic promises: a nation of people, a geographical area of land, and a government with God Himself as King, Messiah, Redeemer, and Savior. All the other covenants are wrapped inside this one. He explains that a kingdom cannot be viable without a king, and a king is of no earthly use without a kingdom, so the two must come together. When John the Baptist presented Jesus as Israel's King, the long view was the kingdom, and this is what Israel was to have understood.