The Relationship Between Biblical Eschatology and Financial Stewardship

Abstract

Christian praxis in the area of financial stewardship seems not to have benefitted much from the dynamic imaginative tableaux of biblical eschatology. The connection that exists between eschatology and financial stewardship remains unexplored. This is shown by the observation that Christian authors seem to assume without providing convincing evidence that eschatology and financial stewardship are related. Hence, the question; is there a relationship between biblical eschatology and financial stewardship that can set the believer’s and the church’s work in a proper perspective? Fundamentally, the study preoccupied itself with understanding the liaison that exists between biblical eschatology and financial stewardship. As a philosophical research, the study tracked down different authors that combine eschatology and financial stewardship from the Ante-Nicene Fathers to the present. Lexicons, Bible dictionaries, commentaries and other theological books are used in this research. This study concludes that eschatology has ethical implications on financial stewardship, namely, Accountability (object) and the rewards principle (impetus). Thus, eschatology both provides expectations and incentives to Christian stewards. Jesus revealed that how Christian stewards deal with the wealth entrusted them by God has a bearing on their final destiny.