Hope where there appears no hope. -Who can tell- is the message this morning.--Again and again through scripture, hope seems completely taken away, even by God himself. Then God does not do what he said he would do, why- - Man's hopeless case as a sinner under sentence of death, but hope in the Lord Jesus Christ. A good hope through grace. The wrath of God turned away. Election is not fatalism.--The message is given though five examples from scripture---1- The Ninevites were told that their city would be destroyed in 40 days - But it was not.-2- David is told by God that Saul would come to Keilah and the men of Keilah would deliver him up to Saul - But it does not happen.-3- Nebuchadnezzar commands all the wise men of Babylon to be slain including Daniel and his friends - But it does not happen.-4- The Jews have a decree made against them to have them all killed - But it does not happen.-5- The two on the way to Emmaus thought their hope of a redeemer gone and that Jesus was dead. But both were not true. Jesus was risen from the dead and had accomplished the work of redemption on the cross.