Step #1: Messianic Application

Yeshua is the true vine. His vineyard is the nation of Israel.

Psalm 80:8 You have brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

Psalm 80:15 And the vineyard which your right hand has planted, and the branch that you made strong for thyself.

Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant …

John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.