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Over 90 billion dollars are spent on space exploration each year, but what could we do with that money on Earth? We should not spend valuable resources on space exploration because it is a waste of money, the earth will not be around long enough to be able to live on another planet, and we could give people houses, food, and water.

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We should not spend valuable resources on space exploration because it is a waste of money, the earth will not be around long enough to be able to live on another planet, and we could give people houses, food, and water.

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Over 90 billion dollars is spent every year on space exploration, this article shows how big the number 90 billion is.

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How much is 90 billion?

How much is 90 billion you ask? Well, you have come to the right place to learn all about 90 billion!

Let's start with how you would write 90 billion with numbers only:

90,000,000,000

And this is how you would write 90 billion with letters only:

Ninety billion

If you take apart 90 billion and turn it into millions you get:

90 billion = 90,000 million

If you type in 90 billion on your calculator, it may come out as a scientific notation of:

9.00E+10 (9.00 x 10 ¹⁰)

OK, enough of the basics. Now we will put 90 billion in the context of other things, so you can get a better idea of how much it really is:

Spending: If you had 90 billion dollars, you could buy 3,000,000 cars at $30,000/each or 450,000 houses at $200,000/each.

Travel: If you were to travel 90 billion miles, you could fly around the world 3,614,313 times or take a round trip to the moon 188,363 times.

Savings: If you could save $100,000/year, it would take you 900,000 years to save 90 billion dollars. If you could save $10,000 every single day, then it would only take you 24,658 years to save 90 billion.

Giving: With 90 billion dollars, you could afford to give every man, woman, and child in Canada $2,500.00.

Living: If you could live for 90 billion minutes, you would live until you were 171,233 years old.

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How much is 90 billion? How much is 90 billion you ask? Well, you have come to the right place to learn all about 90 billion!

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The world will probably not be around long enough for us to live on or visit other planets.

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One common objection to Christianity is the claim made by non-Christians that since Christians believe Jesus is coming back soon and that He hasn't - that means He won't come back at all.

Today, many people equate "coming soon" to going through the drive-thru line at their fast-food restaurant of choice. So, when they come to the question, "Is Jesus coming back soon?" they think it will be immediately.

When Jesus spoke of His return, He spoke in terms of "soon" not as immediately but that He would come back. Revelation 22:20, Jesus says, "Surely I am coming soon." John then adds the words, "Amen. Come, Lord Jesus."

When Is the 'Soon' for Jesus' Return

The Greek word "soon" is tachu, translated as soon or quickly, or without unnecessary delay. Throughout the New Testament, tachu is used most often in the Book of Revelation ( Revelation 2:16; 3:11; 11:14; 22:7,12,20).

What is meant by "soon" is that the sovereign events of history have been set in motion that will usher in Christ's arrival without any unnecessary delay.

This is why all of history is moving according to the timetable of God, who is in control of all of history.

It's not only the Lord Jesus who speaks of the soon return of the Lord Jesus. Peter, speaking of the return of Christ, says in 2 Peter 3:9,

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

The Lord Jesus' return is soon - in that the plan of God is advancing and is only delayed so the elect may be saved ( Romans 8:29; Ephesians 1:5).

The Return of the Lord Jesus Is Imminent

The Lord Jesus' return is not only soon that we need to understand, but it is also imminent, meaning it could happen at any moment.

The apostles even thought that the Lord Jesus' return might happen in their lifetime and spoke of the Lord Jesus' return as the last days ( 1 Corinthians 10:11; 1 Peter 1:20; Hebrews 1:2) and urged the people of God to be ready and watchful.

Jesus intends the people of God to believe in His imminent return because He used the language of being "ready" ( Luke 12:40; 21:34-36; Mark 13:33).

Jesus also mentions, in Matthew 24:36, that no one can know the day or time of His return, so Christians should live in the expectancy that He is going to return at any moment.

Jesus wants every generation to live in the awareness that He may return suddenly, and all people will have to give an account of how they will find them.

So, the question, "Is Jesus coming back soon?" is a resounding yes, and He will return without unnecessary delay. Acts 1:7 confirms the teaching of Jesus in Matthew 24:36 when it says,
He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority."
Jesus said this after the disciples asked Him if He was going to restore Israel. The point by Luke in Acts 1 and Jesus in Matthew 24 is that no one knows when He will return, but that He will return.

No one knows when the Lord Jesus will come back, and Scripture is silent about the exact timing of His return. Matthew 24:36-44 contains a general principle that is critical to understand this subject.

The timing of the Lord Jesus' return is not for anyone to know, and Scripture nowhere encourages the people of God to determine the date. Instead, Christians are to "...stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming" ( Matthew 24:42).

Christians are to "be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect" ( Matthew 24:44). The principle of Matthew 24:36-44 is that no one can know the date or timing of the Lord Jesus' return.

Throughout this article, I've repeatedly stressed the biblical principle of Jesus' teaching in Matthew 24:36-44 because many, throughout church history, have attempted to prophesy the exact date and claimed they precisely know when He is returning.

While many dates have been proposed, all of them have been and will be wrong. Those teachers who predicted the Lord Jesus' return most often have questionable, if not heretical, doctrinal positions on many vital Christian doctrines.

Based on Matthew 24:36 and Acts 1:7, Scripture warrants us to believe that it is not God's desire for Christians to calculate the exact day or hour of the return of the Lord, and anyone who undertakes such a task is misguided.

What is vital is that the people of God live in light of the imminent return of the Lord Jesus ( 2 Timothy 4:8).

The Second Coming of the Lord Jesus

The Second Coming of the Lord Jesus is mentioned in the Old Testament 1,500 times and in one of every 25 verses in the New Testament, making references to the Lord Jesus' Second Coming.

Amos 3:7 highlights this material when it says, "For the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets."

The point Amos makes is vital because it helps Christians understand that the return of Christ brings about the fulfillment of the Kingdom of God, which is God's absolute rule over all of His creation.

To accomplish this, Jesus ushers in two different judgments, two different resurrections, and two different eternities:

Revelation 19:11-16 highlights how the Lord will be ready for war where the nations will be gathered to fight against Jerusalem. Zechariah 14:2 tells us this is for the battle of Armageddon and that it will be the day when He returns ( Revelation 19:4).

Further, this will be the day Revelation 19:6-7 speaks about where the enemies of God will be all defeated, along with the Antichrist and the false prophet ( Revelation 19:20). Jesus will then set up the Kingdom of God ( Zechariah 14:9).

In establishing His Kingdom, Jesus will judge those who are alive at the time of His Second Coming. The judgment we are speaking here is known as the judgment of the sheep and the goats or the judgment of the nations ( Matthew 25:31-46).

Those who survive this judgment because of faith in the Lord Jesus will enjoy a thousand years of peace. Those who are guilty of not believing in the Lord Jesus will be consigned to the lake of fire ( Matthew 25:41). Satan is then bound and forbidden to do anything ( Revelation 20:1-3).

There will also be a resurrection of all Christians ( Revelation 20:4-6). Resurrected Christians will join the whole people of God who are alive at the time of Christ's Second Coming and those He brings with Him to heaven, and they will live with Him during the thousand-year earthly reign of Christ.

Satan will be released at the end of the thousand years, and one final battle will occur, which will be won immediately by the Lord Jesus ( Revelation 20:7-9). Thereby, Satan will be consigned forever in the lake of fire. Next will be the second resurrection and another judgment.

Non-Christians, at this time, will be resurrected and judged at what is known as the Great White Throne Judgment and, based on their works, will be assigned to the lake of fire ( Revelation 20:11-15).

Two Different Eternities

The reality of the Lord Jesus' return means there are two eternal destinies, one with Him and one without Him ( Malachi 4:1-2). At the return of the Lord Jesus, evil is defeated, the earth is restored, and the Lord wins!

Whether you recognize it or not, your response to Jesus' return demonstrates whether you believe in the first coming of the Lord Jesus. The Christian's blessed hope is not only to go to heaven but that they will be with the Lord Jesus forever in heaven.

Your answer, dear reader, to the question, "Is Jesus Coming Back Soon?" is vital because it speaks to your idea of the first coming of the Lord Jesus and about His finished and sufficient work.

We Are Not Promised Tomorrow

We are not promised tomorrow, and the Lord knows not only the very hairs on your head, your present thoughts, but knows the length of all your days.

God longs for your repentance, to return to Him, and trust in Christ - for Jesus is mighty to save by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. Do not shrink back in fear but stand fast on the Lord Jesus and declare the glory of Christ to all.

Will Jesus Really Return to Earth?

We joyfully confess as Christians that Jesus Christ really, truly will return to earth. It's important for us to recognize that Jesus himself said that He would return to earth. When He Was speaking to his disciples on the Mount of Olives, He told them that He would come in power and in glory. Angels said that Jesus Christ would return. In Acts Chapter 1, when it speaks of Jesus ascending to His Father, then the angels are there and they said, "He will return in the same manner that He has left."

One of the interesting things, as you look at church history is that even though different Christians throughout church history have had different perspectives on the end of time, they agreed on certain basic things about the end of time. And one of those was that Jesus Christ will return to earth. If you look at the church fathers, all these different guys, one of the things you find is that there are at least three things that they affirm about the end of time, about the return of Jesus. It's that Jesus Christ will return physically to the earth. But not only that, that God will raise the righteous and the unrighteous for judgment. And then thirdly, that Jesus Christ will make things right and new in the world. There will be a restoration, we might say.

All those things are important. All those things are confessed by Christians throughout the ages, despite all their differences about the end times. It's even embedded in the Apostles' Creed. You find in the Apostles' Creed that it speaks of that Jesus Christ has ascended to His Father. From there, He will return to judge the living and the dead. And not only will He return to judge the living and the dead, but there will be life eternal or life everlasting. Will Jesus return? Yes. We as Christians say that, not simply grudgingly because we think, "Oh, He's going to return," but joyfully. Jesus Christ truly will return, even so, come Lord Jesus.

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Dave Jenkins is happily married to Sarah Jenkins. He is a writer, editor, and speaker living in beautiful Southern Oregon.

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The timing of Jesus' return is not for anyone to know, and Scripture nowhere encourages the people of God to determine the date of when it will happen. Instead, Christians are to "...stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming"...

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Cost to End World Hunger

The price to eradicate global hunger is $45 billion per year until 2030. Are the U.S.'s new plans big enough to help meet this goal?
Source: The Los Angeles Times:
The price of hunger

On September 23, 2021, the United Nations held a Food Systems Summit. The goal of the summit was to gather individuals with different interests to discuss how governments, constituents and the private sector can improve food systems to fuel COVID-19 recovery and keep U.N. members on track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, which include eradication of hunger, by 2030. As the world's largest foreign aid donor, with still only one percent of its total budget allocated for foreign aid, the U.S. can do more to lead the way for itself and other countries to reach the goal of $45 billion.

The U.S.'s Plan

The U.N. Food Systems Summit aimed to drive the actions of government leaders, citizens and private companies toward food system reform. At the summit, the U.S. announced its plans for reducing global hunger.

1. The U.S. will contribute $10 billion to programming that improves food security and nutrition and grows global food systems that reach people in poverty.

2. Over five years, the U.S. plans to contribute $5 billion to Feed the Future, which is a U.S. government program that aims to fight global hunger and increase food security.

3. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is collaborating with the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation and the Eleanor Crook Foundation to contribute "$100 million over five years to tackle the root causes of malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries."

4. USAID plans to invest "$60 million over five years" in research on food loss reduction strategies.

5. USAID plans to contribute "$38 million over five years" to improve nutrition for communities around the world with the most need.

Problems with the U.S. Plan

The U.S. has significant plans for upcoming years to fight global hunger, but it can do more. The U.S. plans to commit a large sum of money toward global hunger initiatives; however, a lot of the planned funding will be spread out over five years. This will make it difficult to reach the $45 billion in funding per year that is needed to eradicate hunger. Also, points two, four and five are current plans and not binding commitments. Therefore, the U.S. may never fulfill its funding plans for these projects.

At the U.N. Food Systems Summit, organizations and individuals with different interests came together to advance discussion and plans for food system reform. The U.S. announced impressive plans, but the country can contribute more to help reach the goal of $45 billion per year until 2030 to end global hunger once and for all. The cost to end world hunger requires continued advocacy to hold the U.S. to its plans and to encourage the government to take further action to fully eradicate global hunger. Take a look at The Borgen Project's Action Center where people can make their voices heard in the fight to end global hunger!

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Cost to End World Hunger - The Borgen Project

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The price to eradicate global hunger is $45 billion per year until 2030. Are the U.S.'s new plans big enough to help meet this goal? Source: The Los Angeles Times: On September 23, 2021, the United Nations held a Food Systems Summit.

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Space exploration only get 1/200 of the USA budget.

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In conclusion we should not explore space because, it is a waste of money, the earth will not be around long enough to be able to live on another planet, and we could give people houses, food, and water.