He could, but he didn't, now did he?
The End Times happened round two millennia ago. Mostly.
But then again, there's this:
REVELATION 13
3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. 4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast Who is able to make war with him?”