Exodus 18.12 says, And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. And Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God. I never gave much thought to this passage until recent years. I read of offering and sacrifices in the text, and my mind immediately just shelved this with the tabernacle sacrifices and the priesthood. But Jethro wasn't a circumcised Jew, and he knew to approach God through the shedding of blood. when we're introduced to the father-in-law of Moses here. We're told in Exodus 3.1, now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the backside of the desert and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. So here's Moses in the land of Midian, and they have a place called the Mountain of God. And the Bible doesn't say Jethro was a false priest. It just says Jethro was a priest who lived near the Mountain of God and brought blood sacrifice to the tabernacle when he visited Moses. And when the Exodus was over, and Pharaoh and his armies had perished, resulting in the freedom of the Hebrews from the enslavement of the Egyptians, we read in Exodus 18, 10 through 12, and Jethro said, blessed be the Lord who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly, he was above them. And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. And Aaron came and all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God. So don't misunderstand, God was to be approached by faith, as expressed in the blood sacrifice of animals, under Mosaic law, but we see that God had people outside of Israel, even during the time of Moses and beforehand. More than 400 years before, Jethro was another priest of God who was not an Israelite. In Genesis 14, 18, and Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, just like we use in communion, and he was the priest of the most high God. And Jesus the Messiah is said to follow that priesthood of Melchizedek in Psalm 110 verse four that says, the Lord hath sworn and will not repent, thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. And this Gentile priest is referred to by Paul in the book of Hebrews as a type or shadow of the Messiah in Hebrews nine times in chapters five through seven. So Jesus is the High Priest of all nations, not just Israel. And that would explain passages like Psalm 67, one through three, which says of the Israelites, God be merciful unto us and bless us and cause his face to shine upon us. Selah. That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God. Let all the people praise thee. Over and over you see this in passages like Psalm 72, 11. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him, all nations shall serve him. And when we come to the life of Christ, we read in his words, John 10, 16. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold, referring to the house of Israel, them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd. Of course, he's referring to the church there. Now who are these other sheep? The believers among the Gentile nations. Confirmed in Acts 10, 34 and 35 where we're told, Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him. And during the Great Tribulation, we're told this in Revelation 5-9, Jesus has believers all over the globe. and throughout all the centuries, and he is God of all nations, and we'll praise him right along with all the tribes of Israel and every tribe, tongue, people, and nation when we're with him in heaven, if we've been born again by faith in the gospel.