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I HAVE A REALIZATION. DON'T YOU?
Matthew 15:27
27 And she said, Yes, Lord, for even the little dogs eat of the (1)crumbs which fall from their masters' table. (RcV)

27(1)*The Canaanite woman, not offended by the Lord's word but admitting that she was a heathen dog, considered that at that time Christ, after being rejected by the children, the Jews, became crumbs under the table as a portion to the Gentiles. The holy land of Israel was the table on which Christ, the heavenly bread, had come as a portion to the children of Israel. But they threw Him off the table to the ground, the Gentile land, so that He became broken crumbs as a portion to the Gentiles. What a realization this Gentile woman had at that time! No wonder the heavenly King admired her faith (v. 28). (footnote on Mat. 15:27 (1), RcV)

So let's see what this big turn from the house of Israel to the Gentiles is all about.

THE LORD JESUS GIVING SOME CRUMBS TO THE GENTILES (1 WOMAN!!)

Mat 15:21 And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon. Mat 15:22 And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.
Mat 15:23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. (ASV)

What!? He is turning to the Gentiles and He doesn't say a word to her? Even the disciples, who had no idea that He had turned to the Gentiles, told him to send her away!

Mat 15:24 But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.(ASV)

Finally the Lord answers. The answer confirms too clearly that His ministry is not for the Gentiles (yet), but only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, which, evidently, he had not rejected yet.

Mat 15:25 But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Mat 15:26 And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs. (ASV)

The woman was not deterred. So the Lord added another word to confirm that what she was asking for was not meet. Are this the words of the One who had left the house of Israel? The children are those who should eat the bread, not the dogs!

Mat 15:27 But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.(ASV)

She agrees with what the lord says. The children are those who eat the bread! But for me, a little dog, a little crumb is sufficient. She had a realization that her position was different from an Israelite, who could call Him Son of David, that she could only hope to get some crumbs after the children had eaten the bread.

Mat 15:28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it done unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.

That was her realization. She had no realization of what is written in the footnote. “The Canaanite woman...considered that at that time Christ, after being rejected by the children, the Jews...”
She knew Christ had been rejected! Who told her? From the Lord's words I think she had the right realization!

THE LORD JESUS FEEDING BREAD TO THE CHILDREN (THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL)

Mat 15:29 And Jesus departed thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.
Mat 15:30 And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them down at his feet; and he healed them:
Mat 15:31 insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel. (ASV)

This great multitudes glorified the God of Israel.

WHAT IS THIS BREAD?

What was the Canaanitish woman asking the Lord for? A miracle. That was all she was asking for. She was not asking to receive the Person of the Lord. She wanted her daughter to be healed.
Healing was a big part of the Lord Jesus ministry (and of the apostles, too).
Did the Lord preach the gospel of the kingdom to her? She wanted a miracle, and she got it. That was her little crumb.

Mat 4:23 And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people.
Mat 4:24 And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.

Mat 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into any way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans: Mat 10:6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Mat 10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Mat 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give.

Mat 11:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye hear and see:
Mat 11:5 the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.

THE BREAD BECAME CRUMBS

I don't know of any kind of bread that would become crumbs if it falls from the table. Actually there is one, a very, very old and stale bread!
If children throw bread on the floor, a loving mother would pick it up, clean it, and give it back to the child. She would not allow the dogs to eat it!

I have the realization that the Canaanitish woman's realization was only W.L.'s realization. Don't you?

THE WOMAN OF TEKOA
2Sa 14:18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
2Sa 14:19 And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;
2Sa 14:20 to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.