The Birth Contractions Before Mashiach [#18752]

When corona first began 6 months ago, can it be said that we have entered the 9-month period in which the “Roman exile” will take over the entire world before Mashiach’s arrival?

The 9 months are not to be literally understood as 9 months, but as a period of “pregnancy” [which will precede the “birth”, a metaphor for the coming of Mashiach]. We are already in it.