This is one of the most misunderstood of Jesus' parables. I was once asked, "If Jesus was such a good guy, why did he refuse to help the Canaanite woman and make her beg and call her a dog?" He didn't. Here's why.
Jesus taught his disciples these words:
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16
And he also taught them these words:"For EVERYONE that asketh, receiveth, and he that seeketh, findeth, and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened."Matthew 7:8
Jesus clearly and plainly taught his disciples that the kingdom of heaven was available to WHOSOEVER believes and would be given to ALL who ask.
"And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying Have mercy on me O LORD, thou son of David, my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. And he answered not a word." Matthew 15:22
Jesus had taught his disciples that whosoever believes and everyone who asks will receive. On this occasion, Jesus remained silent, allowing his disciples to handle this request. He was, in fact, testing them to see if they had internalized and understood his doctrine.
Jesus understood that the Canaanites were referred to by the Israelites as dogs. They were uncircumcised and viewed as an abomination to the Israelites. So Jesus remained silent, to see what they would do, and the first words out of their mouths were these:
"Lord, send this unclean dog away from us, for she crieth after us."
And then Jesus turned to his disciples and taught them, saying "I came for none other, but her, the lost sheep in Israel. She is the reason I am here. She has heard my voice and believed in me."
At this point, the woman comes and worships at the feet of Jesus and pleads for his help.
The woman had heard Jesus teaching that ALL who ask and WHOSOEVER believes shall receive, and she had believed him. The apostles had also heard Jesus' teachings, but they had not believed.
So in this parable, the apostles are the unbelievers. The Canaanite woman is the faithful believer.
Jesus turned to the woman and said "O Woman, great is your faith, be it unto you even as you desire."
And to this woman of GREAT FAITH, Jesus said "It is useless to give the believers bread to the dogs (unbelievers)".
Jesus shocked his apostles by referring to THEM as dogs and unbelievers, for they had not believed his doctrine. They had tried to exclude one who truly believed, the very ones the Christ had come to seek out and to find.
And the woman, being wise, replied "True Lord, but the dogs (apostles) eat only the crumbs that fall from the master's table".
The woman knew what Christ knew. The apostles were only gleaning crumbs from the table of Christ. They had not yet understood or partaken of the vast feast that Christ was delivering to them.
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The name Canaan is a transliteration of and the phonetic equivalent of Kanya, which means virgin. All of Esau's children, born in Qana, were born of the virgin, for Kayna means virgin.
These are those who have entered into no covenant marriage, with the god of Moses, who is Allah.
Thus it is written in the book of Revelation, that those who follow the Christ are all virgins. They are not in a covenant relationship with Allah, the god of Moses.
144 is the atomic number of gold. Those 144,000 virgins, who follow Christ, are associated with the element gold, as are Esau's sons, the gentiles, the Canaanites, who were monks.
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