People remember days when a tipping point occurs in the world. Where were you on September 11, 2001, when Al-Qaeda terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon? Where were you on September 15, 2008, when the global economic financial crisis hit? The financial world as we knew it was on the brink of melting. Fast forward to today, when U.S. debt is soaring hopelessly.

Where does all this stress lead? What does the Bible have to say about cataclysmic events like the financial crises of 2008, mass murder, human suffering, financial inequality, or the endless wars of terror on civilization? How is hope realistically presented in the Bible? Is utopia coming someday to reverse the evil and the misfortune? What are the tipping points in the future? These and other age-old questions are explored and definitively answered in the twenty-six chapters of Eschatology: Biblical, Historical, and Practical Approaches.

My chapter, “The Doctrine of the Future and the Marketplace,” is the book’s last chapter. It focuses on how a family or business can survive and thrive in a worldwide marketplace swirling in volatility and debt. Entrepreneurs and small business owners can learn the strategies for making decisions in this highly competitive world. The keys to profit and growing a surplus are detailed. On top of this, growth strategies using a fundamental principle of eschatology are listed. Finally, a model for managing workplace culture evolves from a dramatic scene involving Jesus and seven followers on a beach in Galilee. No marketing campaign has been as successful as the one sparked by Jesus at this beach meeting with no money and no budget in play. In short, my chapter takes the practical principles found in eschatology and applies them profitably to the marketplace today.

The book is a Festschrift in honor of my brother, Dr. Craig A. Blaising. It is a timeless resource  for anyone interested in the Bible’s doctrine of the future. Most of the contributors are professors from universities and seminaries around the world.