Dr Roland Chia is Chew Hock Hin Professor of Christian Doctrine at Trinity Theological College and Theological and Research Advisor at the Ethos Institute for Public Christianity.
Behold, I am making all things new! An d h e wh o wa s se at e d o n t h e t h r o n e s ai d , ' Be h ol d , I a m m a k i n g al l t h i n g s n e w . ' (Revelation 21:5)
O
ur world at the beginning of 2023 is
Think of the millions of Ukrainians whose
pretty much the same as it was at the
lives have been torn apart by a senseless
end of 2022.
war and who have lost people they love.
It is a world that continues to be molested
Think of the 900,000 Rohingya who fled
by wars, pestilences and famines. It is a
Myanmar and who are now living in
world that is gripped by the forces of evil,
overcrowded camps in Bangladesh.
shrouded in darkness and burdened by the weight of tragedy.
And think of the hundreds of thousands of women and children (both girls and boys)
In many ways, 2023 does not appear to offer
who are victims of human trafficking every
many prospects for a new beginning for
year, and who find themselves in the dark and
large swathes of the world's population.
unforgiving world of sex, drugs and violence.
26 Methodist Message
January 2023