Previously, I had explained the various direct time elements related to the book of Daniel, detailed from specific verses.
Here, rather, I will address the broader scope of all of Daniel’s prophecies.
The eschatalogical portion of the book consists of five major revelatory encounters, the first two which are seen in parallel (Daniel 2 and Daniel 7). Daniel 2 and 7 outline 2 kingdoms, one from the perspective of Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, and the other from the perspective of Daniel, who saw the four beasts.
In both of these, it is seen that the scope of these visions is limited to the time of the four kingdoms. Since we know that the power of the four kingdoms is broken together, as pointed out in elsewhere, we can understand that the scope of visions is limited to the time from Nebuchadnezzar to Rome and it’s fall.
Daniel 8 looks at the conflict between the second and third empire, and Daniel 9 is a highly contested passage, upon which most of dispensationalism is built upon the last few verses.
Looking at Daniel 11, which is part together with Daniel 10 and Daniel 12, we see that the opening of the chapter begins in the reign of the 2nd Kingdom, that of Media/Persia. Most follow the majority of the passage with the reign of Antiochus Ephiphanes, who fulfills much of what is described up to verse 36. While there is some conjecture about the identity of the kings after that point, the last few verses of Daniel 11 depict the battle of Actium, involving Marc Antony, Octavius, and Cleopatra.
This then leads into the opening of Daniel 12, which states,
At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
Daniel 12:1
While there is some conjecture and debate about the identity of the Kings, the placement of Daniel 12 would fall perfectly into the beginning of Rome, the establishment of the fourth Kingdom, in the statement of “in the time of those Kings”, if it applied to the kings of the Romans.
Therefore, it appears the the entire scope of the book of Daniel, all five major visions, falls completely within the realm of the first two major visions, that is, within the time of the establishment of the Babylon through Nebuchadnezzar, through the fall of Rome with the coming of Christ’s Kingdom. All of the other eschatalogical visions of the book all fall within that time period, and none extend into the future, with only other objection being that of the last few verses of Daniel 9, which should be given full consideration on its own, considering how much of current eschatology rests so wholly upon it.