It is purely from the imaginary doctrines of men the Christ is coming in a physical body of flesh and bones.Christ will return on the Mount of Olives, as he ascended, fulfilling prophecy shown in Zechariah in the end on that occasion about Yahweh coming and setting foot on the Mount of Olives, in the end at a battle against God and God's people at Jerusalem. Christ as Yahweh in the prophecy will return to the same location coming from heaven, to the Mount of Olives. An army from heaven is not shown to be definitely the saints returning to earth. You know that there is an angelic army, right? When are those of that army going to be of use?
John 14: 18“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19“After a little whle the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.
Acts 10: 40“God raised Him up on the third day and granted that He become visible, 41not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen beforehand by God, that is, to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead.
In Acts 1: 11They also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”
He left in a body that was granted to be seen by a few chosen people but that the world would no longer see Him. Keep in mind that He was received in a cloud out of their sight and that He was coming in the clouds of heaven in the glory of the Father.
One must put it in context of who would be there to see it all.
Matthew 26: 63But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.” 64Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself; nevertheless I tell you, hereafter you will see THE SON OF MAN SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF POWER, and COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN.” (Here Jesus quotes Psalm 110:1
The LORD said to my Lord: "Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet." (He's letting them who are going to brutally murder him that they are his enemies and he is coming in judgement against them.) Rev. 1: 7BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.
Here's Jesus speaking to the disciples concerning the persecution they will suffer after He has gone to heaven.
Matthew 10: 23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Matthew 16:
27For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done. 28Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”
Then Paul says the same thing except it's from his perspective stated in the first person present tense:
1 Thessalonians 4: 17Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
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