1. Yes, and so be it. "They rejoiced to be counted worthy to suffer for the name." Look at Acts 4-6. Most of the NT is preparing Christians for this. And look at The Revelation! It's our future. But "this light and passing affliction is not worthy to be compared to the eternal weight of glory" which awaits us in the next age.

2. I don't mean to suggest that Christians, as citizens, should not take part in the government. But the laws they ought to pass are not "Christian" they are merely "human": don't hurt people, don't take their stuff, honor your contracts. But promulgating a theocracy is NOT for us to do here, now, and without our King present (bodily).