Pilgrim, I am just not seeing how we can deduce from Scripture that the superlative antichrist referred to is definitely a specific individual rather than an office.

I also see a potential danger in the quest for the perfect hermeneutic, insofar as nothing revealed in history might ever be taken (with confidence) to be a fulfilment of any given prophecy. I wonder how many Jews in Christ's day refused to acknowledge Him because their model of interpretation of the prophecies pertaining to Him excluded it.