Messiah the Hope of Israel

If you watch sport then one of the things you look for is an individual or a team that is invincible – that win everything. 

The “old invincibles” were the Preston Northend football team of 1888-89 who won all their games in league and cup that season. It has been also used for teams like Arsene Wenger's Arsenal in 2003-04 and in Scotland Glasgow Celtic in 2016-17. 

Do you know the term the great white hope? The expression was originally used in the early 20th Century when the heavyweight boxing champion was an African American called Jack Johnson. He seemed invincible and people wondered if they would ever see a white man as champion again. 

It doesn't happen so much in politics these says but there was a time when people were looking for someone who could fix everything. 

Now Jesus is our champion. He is our Saviour if we trust in him. He is the hope of Israel. By nature we are without hope and without God in this world but he has come and if we trust in him, there is hope. Trust in him today.