Using the common usage tag antichrist for the beast is used because of mans tradition, it is NOT what the Word states. In fact Rev 22.18 says:
[SUP]18 [/SUP]I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book; [SUP]19 [/SUP]and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and [SUP][
i][/SUP]from the holy city, which are written in this book.
So why would you add the term antichrist to the beast, when Jesus himself says not to add to this book of prophecy? Call me a quibbler all you want to, but Jesus makes it pretty clear in The above verse.
Another example is the term, streets of Gold. There are no streets of Gold in Heaven, streets of Gold are found in the New Jerusalem, which sits on the new earth. The final destination for believers is not "Heaven" it is the new Jerusalem that comes down from Heaven. Yet we still hear it preached and sang that Heaven has streets of Gold but the Bible does not state this.
We agree I wont bow.