So when the Lord Jesus said to the Canaanite woman:
“.. I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”,...
..He was not referring to the entire 12 tribes?
Are you using the name of Israel as two nations: one Judah, and the other (so called ‘lost’) tribes, in order to achieve you opinion?
Of course He was referring to Israel in the broader sense. After all, the divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah were all descended from Jacob/Israel. Jesus referred to all of Abraham’s children, including both the dispersed tribes and the Jews who rejected him.
All Jews are Israelites, but not all Israelites are Jews.
In Romans 10 and 11, the apostle Paul paints a rather lovely portrait of love for the entire Israelite nation, including those of us Gentile believers who have been adopted in.
I have no opinion to achieve, just an old grandma’s knowledge of both the old and new testaments.