{"id":4717,"date":"2024-11-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/reading-plan\/november-8\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T10:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T15:21:46","slug":"november-8","status":"publish","type":"reading-plan","link":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/reading-plan\/november-8\/","title":{"rendered":"November 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Insight from Hosea 10:<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel is often compared to a vine in the Old Testament. This comparison is always negative, for Israel never bore good fruit (see Psalm 80:8\u201316, Isaiah 5:1\u20137, Jeremiah 2:21, 5:10, 12:10, Ezekiel 15:1\u20138 and 17:1\u201324). It is significant to note that Jesus compares himself to a vine in John 15. He is the true vine. As the true vine, he does what Israel never did. He bears good fruit. This demonstrates that Jesus is the new Israel. He is the son of God who perfectly fulfills God\u2019s will. All those in him bear good fruit. Apart from Jesus, there is no other vine. As the true vine, he fulfills the \u201cfruit bearing\u201d purpose Yahweh always had for Israel. As New Testament readers reading this poem in Hosea, we are to think of the true Israel\u2014 Jesus\u2014bearing good fruit to the Father\u2019s glory. The only way any person is able to bear good fruit is because that person is connected to the true vine\u2014Jesus. Tom Kelby, <\/span>\u12e8\u1206\u1234\u12d5 \u1218\u133d\u1210\u134d \u12a8\u1325\u1293\u1275 \u121b\u1235\u1273\u12c8\u123b\u12ce\u127d \u130b\u122d\u1361- \u1208\u1206\u1234\u12d5 \u1218\u133d\u1210\u134d \u12e8\u1230\u1320\u12cd \u1230\u1263\u12aa \u1218\u1218\u122a\u12eb<\/span><\/i>, 99.<\/span><\/p>\n

The reader is presented with a beautiful picture of a grape vine loaded with fruit. The vine is Israel. The land of Israel, like the grape vine, has \u201cgrapes\u201d growing all over it. The \u201cgrapes\u201d growing in Israel, however, are actually altars to the Baals! These altars are as abundant as grapes on a healthy grapevine\u2014and more are being added all of the time! Idolatry, we learn, is the \u201cfruit\u201d of Israel. This is what the land produces and the thing for which it is known. Tom Kelby, <\/span>\u12e8\u1206\u1234\u12d5 \u1218\u133d\u1210\u134d \u12a8\u1325\u1293\u1275 \u121b\u1235\u1273\u12c8\u123b\u12ce\u127d \u130b\u122d\u1361- \u1208\u1206\u1234\u12d5 \u1218\u133d\u1210\u134d \u12e8\u1230\u1320\u12cd \u1230\u1263\u12aa \u1218\u1218\u122a\u12eb<\/span><\/i>\u00a0, 99.<\/span><\/p>\n

[Beth-Aven] is Hosea\u2019s nickname for Bethel. Bethel means \u201chouse of God\u201d. Beth-aven means \u201chouse of iniquity\u201d. Because of the golden calf there, Bethel, the house of God, had become Beth-aven. Tom Kelby, <\/span>\u12e8\u1206\u1234\u12d5 \u1218\u133d\u1210\u134d \u12a8\u1325\u1293\u1275 \u121b\u1235\u1273\u12c8\u123b\u12ce\u127d \u130b\u122d\u1361- \u1208\u1206\u1234\u12d5 \u1218\u133d\u1210\u134d \u12e8\u1230\u1320\u12cd \u1230\u1263\u12aa \u1218\u1218\u122a\u12eb<\/span><\/i>, 100.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_crdt_document":""},"class_list":["post-4717","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reading-plan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}