He also told us the poor would always be with us. I don't think Jesus came so that no one would experience earthly poverty or that His followers would use the civil government as a tool to create some kind of heaven on Earth, but to die for our sins, rise from the dead, and lead us to His heavenly kingdom, and preach His gospel to the ends of the Earth. Yes, to do corporal works of mercy, but this life ends and the next one will last for eternity.