Part 2 - It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
It is important to first understand that God established the Jewish nation to be His people; a holy (set apart) nation, a royal priesthood who would be the representatives of God in a godless world, (Ex.19:5-6). The nation of Israel had a divine purpose, to show forth the presence and glory of God among the Gentile nations. They were also to bring forth the promised Redeemer and Saviour of the world, (Gen.3:15). Israel did not reach this goal during Christ's first advent due to unbelief, but in the Millennial Kingdom, Jews would carry the law of God in their heart (Jer.31:33-34) and would finally fulfil their great commission (Matt.28:18-20; Mark 16:15-16), to bring salvation to the world through their Messiah and the Kingdom gospel.
With this understanding, it is now clear to see why Jesus came for the Jews. The earthly ministry of Jesus was to establish the Jewish nation to receive the new covenant, that law written on the heart. The new covenant would inaugurate that royal priesthood and the Jews, being the pre-eminent nation, the head of all others, would take up that function to bring God's word, God's law, and God's blessing, to the nations. Israel had to be saved FIRST, then they would go out and save the nations. Jesus' mission was not to the Gentiles at this point, but to get Israel ready for this purpose.
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