The Redeemed Animal

Dogs are featured on coffee mugs, in tv shows, in movies, campaign ads, social media platforms, books, magazines, news outlets, and are even considered to have a place in the ideal American home. Dogs have a high place in our culture, such that If you don’t like dogs, the culture thinks you’ve got a mental disorder or other. However, was this always the case? Dogs are considered to be “Man’s Best Friend” today, but what about yesterday? Were they not always seen in such a favorable light? I’d like to dive into scripture to paint a dismal portrait for you. You see, prior to the destruction of Jerusalem, during the ebbs and flows of the old covenant, and even the emerging of the new, dogs were paralleled with the gentiles, or unbelievers, and viewed as being outside the covenant. The animal was regularly used as a byword:

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