Hang on, Jesus has overcome the World!

1 Peter 5: 9 Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. 10 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. 11 To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Those who persevere in faith while suffering persecution should be full of hope, for they will certainly enjoy end-time salvation since they are already enjoying God's saving promises here and now through the death and resurrection of Christ.

At his resurrection, Christ triumphed over his enemies.

1 Peter 5:10 ESV

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Four verbs (restore, confirm, strengthen, establish) remind believers that God will eventually restore whatever they have lost for the sake of Christ.

“Babylon” represents a center of earthly power opposed to God (cf. Isaiah 13-14; Jeremiah 50-51; see also Revelation 17-18), and in Peter's day that city would be Rome.

“Babylon” reminds believers that though they are exiles, they are “elect exiles” (1 Pet. 1:1) who will receive the promised inheritance.

Peter sums up his letter by emphasizing that this is the true grace of God, urging his readers, in the midst of persecution and suffering, not to forsake the faith and to stand firm in that grace.