 Hope that day that when they gathered together in a desolate place, there might be an answer. Indeed, it was late in the day for the people, literally and figuratively. Nevertheless, there was someone there who could give them hope. It was the one that they had heard about and who they came out to see. They came to Jesus, who is the good shepherd, God's shepherd of his sheep, one greater than Moses to lead them to God's promised land.