26 But He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
27 And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Matthew 15:26-28 (NKJV)
Upon plain reading of this, Jesus calls the Canaanite woman a little dog, and then she presses him, and he then says his daughter is healed. Many interpret this to mean that Jesus came for the Jewish people (sheep) as well as the Gentile's (dogs).
Upon plain reading of Revelation I see dogs are at the gates of heaven. It specifies that there are elect, 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes.
What's going on with the use of the word Dog?
2006-08-08
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