Rosenberg (2010) and other evangelical scholars argue that these geopolitical developments suggest a nearing fulfillment of the prophecy. Thus, this prophecy tells us that a lower level European leader will officially start to rise up about 3 1/2 years before the great tribulation (and yes, according to Jesus, some “tribulation” https://bookmarkhard.com/story18980002/fascination-sobre-the-rise-of-evil-on-earth-is-biblical-prophecy-being-fulfilled