Referring to "the end time"(Dan.11: 35, 40) he states that it "will be a period of distress such has never occurred since there was a nation." (Dan.12:1).
The length of this final period is stated clearly to be 3 1/2 years (Dan. 12:7) & is also specifically called "the end" (Dan.11:27; 12: 6,13) since it is the final & horrific 3 1/2 years of human history as man knows it, at the hands of the antichrist.
Daniel coined the terms"the end", "the end time(s)", "the time of the end" & the "end of time". Beginning in Daniel 11:27, he uses these terms collectively a total of 10 times through the final verse of Daniel chapter 12:13.
During Jesus' own prophecies regarding this same period, He used Daniel's term "the end". Jesus said, "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached to the whole world for a witness to all the nations, & then the end shall come." (Math.24:14).
Jesus' next words (Math.24:15) pinpoint the starting point for this last 3 1/2 year period to be "the abomination of desolation" which is the exact middle of the 7 year tribulation period. (Dan.9:27; Rev. 13:1-18).
This final period of doom is also called the "great tribulation" (Math. 24:21) & the "wrath of God". (Rev.16:1).
