Consider how all this will end. ( Acts 16 v 31 )

 It was Hitler who said the Third Reich would last a thousand years, in fact it thankfully lasted only 12 yrs, coming back to Babylon, we read in Isaiah 47 v 7,that they thought they would rule forever, . Power blinds people, they become proud, but all power is temporary, only God's power is permanent . We must always remember, that God is sovereign, as one writer said,' History has at  its very centre  God',  Psalm 75 v 6 - 7, reads,' For promotion  cometh neither from the east, nor  from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge; He putteth down  one, and setteth up another'. Babylon never gave that a thought, they felt that they were going to reign for ever. It appeared inconceivable that everything would come to an end, We need to learn a very important lesson , earthly kingdoms come and go ,  Babylon is no longer, the Roman empire   is no longer, the British empire is no longer. As with earthly kingdoms ,so it is with you and I, our lives will come to an end. We may   survive the present plague, but we still will die, consider your latter end, for after death there will be judgement .only knowing Christ as your Saviour can save you from that dreadful coming day.