You inferred that Jesus was more or less ignoring the Gentiles.
And when I asked you, you agreed that the number of recorded interactions Jesus had with Gentiles was FAR fewer than His interactions with the Jews.
Scripture seems to at least support the idea that Jesus, at least on the surface, had no interest in going to the Gentiles.
So Jesus was not closing the "door" on the Gentiles at all.
What do doors have to do with this?
Modern day Israel.
It was a city of Sidon once.
The point, because you seemed to have missed it, intentionally or not, is that it's not implausible, rather likely, in fact, that the widow whom was mentioned in the passage you quoted, probably had some kind of interaction with Israel. Which supports my position.
I don't really see Cornelius or the Roman soldier or the Syrophoenician woman "going through Israel."
What does Scripture say?
Cornelius:
There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always.About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, “Cornelius!”And when he observed him, he was afraid, and said, “What is it, lord?” So he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God.Now send men to Joppa, and
send for Simon whose surname is Peter.He is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea. He will tell you what you must do.” - Acts 10:1-6
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts10:1-6&version=NKJV
PETER! A man of Israel!
Joppa is... you guessed it!... A city in Judea, which is part of Israel (greater Israel).
The gentile woman:
She went to Jesus Himself, directly, even though Jesus ignored her at first, then was asked by His disciples to send her away, and then only after she acknowledged her position as a Gentile subservient to Israel and not the intended recipient of the "bread," did He heal her daughter.
Like us now, they went through Jesus.
Jesus was born in Israel, was a citizen of Israel, grew up under the law of Israel, and is a descendant of Israel (Jacob).
Either way you look at it, at most, it supports both of our positions, but it definitely doesn't disprove mine.
What changed was that God cast away those who would not obey Him.
Nowhere does it state that anyone has been cast away.
Paul says the opposite!
I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,“ Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life” ?But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.Just as it is written: “God has given them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that they should not see And ears that they should not hear, To this very day.”And David says: “Let their table become a snare and a trap, A stumbling block and a recompense to them.Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see, And bow down their back always.” - Romans 11:1-10
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans11:1-10&version=NKJV
He then goes on to demonstrate the manner in which Israel will be brought back in again!
I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them.For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree,do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.”Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.”Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers.For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy.For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become His counselor?”“Or who has first given to Him And it shall be repaid to him?”For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen. - Romans 11:11-36
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans11:11-36&version=NKJV
So no, God did not cast anyone away. He certainly cut off unbelieving Israel, but that's MY position, not yours.
He made a new way in the which they could remain faithful to His commands.
Love Him with all our mind, strength, and soul, and love our neighbor as we love ourselves.
"All you need is love," huh?
Why not just start out with that, then? Why go through all the trouble He went through with Israel?