Hosea 2:21

"And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, saith Jehovah. I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth; and the earth shall answer the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they shall answer Jezreel."

The tremendous significance here lies (1) in the truth that not merely Palestine, but the whole "heavens and the earth" shall be involved in God's blessing, indicating the worldwide thrust of the church in the age to come, and in the NEW NAME OF THE BRIDE, which is not Israel, despite many translations to that effect, but JEZREEL, that term being the one that appears in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament.[51] We have already noted under Hosea 1:4, above, that this name, while being very similar to that of Israel, and being in fact derived from it, signifies a radical change in the meaning; and this doubtless signals the radical change in the meaning of "Israel" when applied to the people of the New Covenant, as distinguished from those of the old. God's first bride was Israel; his second is called Jezreel; although, of course, the older terminology was eventually preempted and brought over into the New Testament. "Israel" in any true sense, today, means "the Church of Christ our Lord." We are thankful indeed for the discernment of Hailey on this passage:

"There can be no valid question that the above promises have reference to the present dispensation under Christ. They have been fulfilled in Him, and are not deferred to some future dispensation." "In that day" refers to the day of the covenant and bethrothal mentioned above."[52]