{"id":8019,"date":"2022-11-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/puppies-and-goats-are-welcome-at-the-table\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T17:15:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T17:15:51","slug":"puppies-and-goats-are-welcome-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/puppies-and-goats-are-welcome-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Puppies and goats are welcome at the table"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tuesday night<\/h2>\n<p>Jesus is exhausted, frustrated probably! He recently planned a retreat with his disciples, but clamouring crowds get in the way. So, he spends a full day teaching and organizing food for 5 000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Next comes a night of prayer and then a stroll across the Sea of Galilee. He sees his disciples struggling against the wind. His plan is to walk past them and reveal his divine identity, but they completely miss the point. So, he miraculously calms the storm, and sighs that they just don\u2019t understanding anything!<\/p>\n<p>Then comes a heated confrontation with narrow-minded religious leaders and a disappointing conversation with his dullminded disciples (Jesus\u2019s words, not mine!).<\/p>\n<p>He needs a break. So, he heads for the nearest resort town on the Mediterranean Coast \u2013 something like a beach resort on the coast of California, or Bali, or Tenerife or Rio. Again, his plans are foiled: (I quote) \u201cHe did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Did you notice how the human and divine aspects of Jesus intertwine in this section of Mark\u2019s Gospel? Jesus miraculously multiplies loaves, walks on water, identifies himself as \u201cI AM.\u201d Yet he\u2019s tired, frustrated, unable to follow through on carefully made plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus is the centre of our faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <em><strong>human <\/strong><\/em>Jesus, who learned and lived and served and suffered and experienced all sorts of human limitations, as we all do.<\/li>\n<li>the <em><strong>divine<\/strong><\/em> Jesus, who exists from all eternity as the second person of the Trinity, creator of heaven and earth, worthy of all honour and worship as GOD!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This \u201cdivine-human Jesus\u201d is the centre of our faith.<\/p>\n<p>The faithful church has always confessed that Jesus is fully human and fully divine. That is the mystery we call \u201cthe Incarnation\u201d: God becoming a human person, uniting forever in the person of Jesus, divinity and humanity.<\/p>\n<p>The Incarnation is the greatest <em><strong>barrier-crossing <\/strong><\/em>event in the history of the universe. In Jesus, the barrier has been crossed between eternity and time, spirit and matter, Creator and creation. And because of this, we can be confident that the great barrier still separating God and God\u2019s faithful people will one day be gone forever.<\/p>\n<p>After the great barrier-crossing event we call \u201cIncarnation,\u201d Jesus just kept right on crossing barriers: between rich and poor, powerful and powerless, male and female, sacred and secular, clean and unclean, Jew and Gentile.<\/p>\n<p>Because Jesus is fully divine and fully human, we do well to explore Gospel narratives with two questions in mind:<\/p>\n<p>1.&nbsp;What does Jesus, the incarnate Jesus, God in the flesh, reveal to us about what God is like? and,<\/p>\n<p>2.&nbsp;What does Jesus, the fully human Jesus, reveal about how we should relate to God and to each other?<\/p>\n<p>In many texts, the divine aspects of Jesus seem to be in the forefront. In Mark\u2019s text about Jesus and the Syrophoenician woman, the human aspects shine through pretty clearly<\/p>\n<p>God in the flesh cannot even keep his presence secret. A woman shows up \u2013 a very unlikely candidate for Jesus\u2019s ministry. A woman, a Gentile, a Syrophoenician; the nearest biblical equivalent would be Queen Jezebel! Jesus is not amused. And if we don\u2019t listen carefully, it sounds as though Jesus simply insults her! \u201cWhat? Throw good food to a dog? No way!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wait! What? Is this Jesus talking? If that is all we hear, we are not listening&nbsp;carefully. It is true that Jews sometimes called Gentiles \u201cdogs! (kunes).\u201d Not house pets: wild, unclean, dogs that roam the streets. Yet Jesus here uses a different word! If your translation doesn\u2019t make that obvious, check the footnotes. He refers to (kunaria), puppies, \u201cdear little puppies,\u201d house pets surrounding <em><strong>\u201cthe kids\u201d<\/strong><\/em> who are eating at the table. The text sounds quite different already, doesn\u2019t it? And note that Jesus does not actually call her a puppy; he\u2019s using a metaphor! And did you notice that in English I just called the children little goats? (That\u2019s what \u201ckids\u201d actually means!)<\/p>\n<p>Jesus\u2019s metaphor is not designed to be offensive, any more than mine was. He\u2019s not demeaning her. He knows that one day Gentiles will be fully equal partners with the Jews in the people of God.<\/p>\n<p>The real problem with this text is not that Jesus talks about puppies; it is that Jesus denies her request! \u201cI\u2019m on vacation! It is not a good time. Sorry, your request is denied!\u201d But again, let\u2019s listen more carefully. \u201cFirst, let the children eat all they want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst\u2026\u201d Jesus is not saying, \u201cNo\u201d; he is saying \u201cNot, yet!\u201d Some things need to happen first! Jesus knows the divine plan for the salvation of the world, \u201cFirst the Jew, then the Gentile.\u201d First the blessing to Abraham and his descendants, then <em>through them<\/em> to the rest of the world. Jesus came to save <em>the whole world<\/em>! That is why he starts with Israel, recruiting and training those he will commission to spread the good news to the ends of the earth!<\/p>\n<p>And this spunky, persistent, faith-filled woman agrees! \u201cYes! Yes, Lord! First, the children! So, I won\u2019t ask for a seat at the table &#8230; <em>not yet<\/em>! I\u2019ll just wait for a tiny crumb to fall from the table <em>now&nbsp;already<\/em>. That\u2019s all I\u2019ll need!\u201d Her clever and faith-filled response is enough to make Jesus change his mind!<\/p>\n<p>Martin Luther put it this way: \u201cBehind Jesus\u2019s \u2018No,\u2019 she heard God\u2019s secret \u2018Yes.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jesus did not come to Tyre to do ministry, but he ends up doing it. Jesus did not plan to start ministering to Gentiles, not yet, but he ends up doing exactly that. Jesus has his plans in place, but he changes his mind. Or maybe we should say she changes his mind.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, she does even more than that. She becomes the instrument through whom Jesus learns which \u201cnext step\u201d he should take in doing his Father\u2019s will.<\/p>\n<p>Why should that surprise us? He is showing us how to be responsive to the needs of others \u2013 others whom God will often use to help us discover our own ministry calling. Jesus is showing us what our redeemed humanity ought to look like. At the same time, this is a portrait of what God is like, hearing the pleading cries of those in need, breaking through the barriers in a response of generous grace.<\/p>\n<p>May we learn from Jesus what God is truly like, crafting a plan to save the world, working in time and space to bring that plan to its glorious fulfillment and pouring out grace on individuals all along the way. May we learn from Jesus what we are called to be, barrier crossers who minister God\u2019s grace to others. And may we learn from the Syrophoenician woman what it takes to cross barriers, reaching out in courageous faith to connect with the heart of Jesus, the divine-human Jesus, who is the centre of our faith.<\/p>\n<p>And may all that we do in these next four days together \u2013 listening, praying, singing, worshipping and celebrating the diversity of God\u2019s family \u2013 give us glimpses of what Jesus is doing among us, and around the world that he came to save.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Timothy J. Geddert is a professor of New Testament at Fresno Pacific University (Biblical Seminary) in Fresno, California, USA. He is a member of North Fresno Mennonite Brethren Church, California, USA.<\/em><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"width:300px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/resources\/opening-ceremony-worship-5-july-2022\">Opening Ceremony &amp; Worship: 5 July 2022<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<h5><strong>This article first appeared in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/resources\/courier-2022-2-october\"><em>Courier\/Correo\/Courrier October 2022.<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May we learn from Jesus what God is truly like, crafting a plan to save the world, working in time and space to bring that plan to its glorious fulfillment and pouring out grace on individuals all along the way. 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And may we learn from the Syrophoenician woman what it takes to cross barriers, reaching out in courageous faith to connect with the heart of Jesus, the divine-human Jesus, who is the centre of our faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"network":[302],"eventcategory":[],"class_list":["post-8019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","network-courier"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Puppies and goats are welcome at the table - Mennonite World Conference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/puppies-and-goats-are-welcome-table\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Puppies and goats are welcome at the table - Mennonite World Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"May we learn from Jesus what God is truly like, crafting a plan to save the world, working in time and space to bring that plan to its glorious fulfillment and pouring out grace on individuals all along the way. 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