Are you calling Jesus a wimp then?? The greatest promoter of peace that ever walked the face of the earth? "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God."
It's about time the younger generation got a little impatient with the status quo. We need some prophets and apostles to rise up and take over! The Gospel must be preached to every tribe and nation, with miracles and signs following, THEN shall the end come.
Please explain what you mean by the status quo.
And for the record, I don't agree with this silly 'Left Behind' garbage either. What, we're supposed to sit around and wait for the antichrist to take over? Forget that. He better be afraid of us!
Did you know that the word antichrist is never mentioned in Revelations? What antichrist? There are many that have already entered the world according to St. John's epistles.
Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now there are become many Antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last hour.
They went out from us, but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would no doubt have remained with us; but that they may be manifest, that they are not all of us.
I'll tell you this- my kids have a great childhood, and they are being raised in a miltant depiction of Christianity. Putting up with sin, sickness and poverty is not an option. You enforce the Kingdom, take dominion, and establish the rule of God.
Are you from the word of faith movement? Jesus told us we would always have the poor with us and sickness sometimes is not always cured. St. Paul had physical maladies that he asked 3 times for the Lord to heal, but God said His grace was sufficient for St. Paul to bear it.
"My grace is sufficient for thee; for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
I have a feeling that we agree more than disagree. I know all about the spirit of antichrist, and it's proper scriptural understanding through John's epistles. That's why I don't agree with the typical end time do-nothing attitude.
As for your last quote of 2 Cor 12:9, I always took that as God answering Paul's prayer. See, it wasn't a physical sickness, it was a demonic spirit that stirred up persecution. See v.7 : And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
So Paul prayed that it might depart, and the Lord answered: My grace is sufficient.
See? The demon was removed from his life by God's grace.
As for poverty, see 2 Cor 8:9. Jesus destroyed it, just as effectively as He destroyed the power of sin and sickness over us. See also Romans ch.8.