Rudiments 4
THE DOG’S LIFE

 

Matthew 15:21 Then Hoshay’ah (not Jesus or Yeshua) went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying,
“Have compassion, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”
23But He answered her not a word.
And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.”
24But He answered and said,
 “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25Then she came and begged Him, saying “Master” help me!”
26But He answered and said,
“It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
27And she said, “Yes, Master”, yet even the little dogs (under the table eat from the children’s crumbs. Mark 7:28) which fall from their masters’ table”.
28Then Hoshay’ah answered and said to her,
 “O woman, great is your “belief”! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

To understand …the above occurrence we need to once more realize that almost all that Hoshay’ah did or said was meant as a teaching (proverb or parable) and was subject to interpretation  

Mt 13:34 All these things spake Hoshay’ah unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
Mr 4:34 but without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

While Hoshay’ah …was in the region of Tyre and Sidon a Greek, Syro-Phoenician woman approached him crying out to him saying “Son of David Have compassion on me!”
My daughter is severely ill (demon-possessed).
It is interesting to know that in those days any mental disorders that a person may have had, would be due to their ignorance and superstition, as well as their fear of the unknown be diagnosed as “demon possession”. Her daughter was most probably suffering from acute epilepsy which is a well known disease and is treatable in our time.

Hoshay’ah’s apparent.. silence and the woman’s persistence, had become an embarrassing situation and His disciples came and urged Him saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.”
Had it not been that Hoshay’ah was using this incident as a teaching, His following comments would have seemed, to say the least of it, rude racist and without compassion.

This was His reply. “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Hoshay’ah the Maw-shee’-akh …was a man with a mission. This was to redeem the house of Israel by offering His life as a sin offering and by so doing, became the required Passover lamb.
The miracles and acts of compassion that He would do, was to authenticate His position to the house of Israel.  
If He was to succeed in His mission, He would need to stay focused on the matters at hand and not embark on a moral voyage of compassion, which would have invariably no matter how admirable, lead Him to distant horizons beyond His required objective. This would leave Him without enough time or energy at hand to do what He had come to do in the first place.

We so easily …in this modern time that we are living, become victims to what I would like to call “the triumph of triviality”.
Far too often we get ourselves so involved in many trivial things that have absolutely little or no bearing on the fact that we are called with a purpose. This purpose being, to bear witness of our belief, and also to bring the good news of redemption and deliverance in the name of Yawhúshúa (the resurrection Name of Maw-shee’-akh), to a world that is dying because of sin.

Then she persisted and begged Him, saying, “Master” help me!”
In return He answered and said,
“It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”

Once again …if we did not know what Maw-shee’-akh was saying was subject to interpretation, His referring to her as a dog would in the least have seemed offensive.
It is interesting to know that in prophetic language, only the children of Israel including those that had been adopted and circumcised, were considered to be “people” or “His children”. This naturally also includes all those in the new covenant dispensation who have been spiritually circumcised, by immersion in the name of Yawhúshúa, for the remission of their sins. The rest of humanity being the non Israelites, were simply referred to as the nations, gentiles, heathen, pigs or swine……. and in this case, dogs. The scriptures are not very flattering when referring to dogs.

Re 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Mt 7:6 Give not that which is precious unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
2Pe 2:22….. The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Revelation 22:14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
Deuteronomy 23:17 18“You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of Yawhú   for any vowed offering, for both of these are an abomination to Yawhú  your  “Mighty One”.

In this case… however, we presume that in using the term “little dogs” Maw-shee’-akh was referring to the domestic type so many of us have as pets.

To this statement the woman replied.
 “Yes, “Master”, yet even the little dogs (under the table) eat from the children’s crumbs (Mark 7:28) which fall from their masters’ table”.

The woman… did not take offence and by saying this showed that she understood what He was saying. She being a foreigner did not have the right to claim her daughters healing from this heavenly gifted Jewish Rabbi (teacher), who was on a mission to His own people. Due to the severity of her plight however, she was humbly asking Him to have compassion on her. She was “trusting and believing that He had the power” to grant her request.

Then Hoshay’ah answered and said to her,
 “O woman, great is your “belief and trust”! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

The difference between having
privileges as opposed to having rights

Having Privileges...
Being a pet dog in good household is not a bad thing. Looking up at you with their big eyes and their tails wagging, they usually get you to give them the last portion of the ice cream cone or the snack you have been nibbling on. People are known to go to great lengths of effort and pay large sums of money to acquire and own the pedigree of their choice. Doggy parlors are a lucrative business in the wealthy suburbs, as people are fond of having these pets well groomed. It is a known fact that the pet dog is considered by many, to be man’s best friend. In some households these pets are treated better than their own children.

Having rights…
Bearing children brings responsibilities. They pass thru us and are brought to life as result of a man and a woman’s love for each other. While they are with us we nurture, hold, care for, protect, love and teach them the best way that we know how. We don’t own them as they are only borrowed to us for a space in time; thereafter they grow up to live lives of their own. We then have to let go of them to start their own lives. From there onward we can only lovingly stand by and watch as they find their own life companions and the circle of life once more repeats itself as it goes on its way.


Unlike dogs… that only have privileges, children have rights.
Dogs have no responsibilities other than to be our companion. Children however grow up learning to face their own responsibilities that will enable them to successfully function, and survive in the world of which they have so much become a part of.

People are often… called upon to put their lives on the line of impending disaster, to rescue their fellows in need. There are many tales of bravery where parents have lost their lives protecting their children from harm and danger.
Unlike dogs people do not offer their lives for them.
There are cases however where dogs in the time of peril have on many an occasion, put their own lives in danger and have even been known, to have lost their lives protecting their masters.

The moral of the story…. is simply this; Hoshay’ah Maw-shee’-akh came into this world to offer His life for “the people, His children” and did not do so for “the dogs”.

In view of… the facts in this teaching we need to ask our- selves:
As in the case of this Greek, Syro-Phoenician woman,
are we living our lives, spiritually feeding off the “privileges as little dogs” which have absolutely no promise of life beyond whose only destiny is to die and forever be forgotten? Having been entitled in this life only to the crumbs or scraps of kindness that fall from “The Masters table” (Heaven), or have we thru the rebirth, legally been adopted to become His legitimate children with the right to spiritually sit and eat at “The Fathers table” and live forever?

Eph 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Yawhúshúa Maw-shee’-akh:

What must I do to be born again?
John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
 2 This man came to Hoshay’ah by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from the Almighty; for no one can do these signs that You do unless the Almighty is with him."
 3 Hoshay’ah answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot (even) see the realm of “Yaw”."(Let alone enter)
 4 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"
 5 Hoshay’ah answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you,
 a.) unless one is born of water
b.) and the Spirit,
 he cannot enter the realm of Yawhú. (Sit at His table)
 6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, (like the little dogs that sit under the table that have the privilegeto feed off the crumbs (leftovers) that come from the table and fall to the ground at The Masters good favor. But do not have the right to feed at the table itself) and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (The children who have the right to feed at the table)
 7 "Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again. (we need to be born again and be adopted into the family of Yawhushúa before we can enjoy the rights as His children)

The right of adoption to become children is only by the rebirth and immersion in the Name of Yawhushúa “Maw-shee’-akh.

Acts 4: 12 "Nor is there deliverance in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be redeemed."
Acts 2: 38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be immersed in the name of Yawhúshúa “Maw-shee’-akh for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the “Rauch Qôdesh” (Hebrew for the spirit of separation from the world and unto The Father)
Ac 8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the realm of The Father, and the name of Yawhúshúa Maw-shee’-akh, they were immersed, both men and women.
Ac 8:16 ….they were immersed in the name of the Yawhúshúa Maw-shee’-akh.)
Ac 10:48 And he commanded them to be immersed in the name of Yawhúshúa Maw-shee’-akh. …….
Ac 19:4 Then said Paul, John verily immersed with the immersion of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Yawhúshúa “Maw-shee’-akh.
 Ac 19:5 When they heard this, they were immersed in the name of the Yawhúshúa Maw-shee’-akh.
Ro 6:3  Know ye not, that so many of us as were immersed into Yawhúshúa were immersed into his death?

In ending, the above scriptures say it all.

May the Father of love and peace be with you.
Shalom.             Br. Harold.
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