I absolutely agree that Christ did not come “bodily” in 70ad. But I believe Christ did come on clouds to judge Jerusalem, like the ancient of days had descended from heaven and come on the clouds to judge nations in the past:
Nahum 1:3
3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power,and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty.His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Isaiah 19:1
Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloudand comes to Egypt;
and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence, and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
Psalm 18:9-11
He bowed the heavens and came down;
thick darkness was under his feet.
10He rode on a cherub and flew;
he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.
11He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him,
thick clouds dark with water.
And Since Paul believed he was living at the ends of the ages (1 Corinthians 10:11), and James believed the coming of the Lord was at hand (James 5:8-9), and John believed it was the last hour (1 John 2:18-19), and Peter believed the end of all things was at hand (1 Peter 4:7), and the author of Hebrews believed Christ would come in a little while without delay (Hebrews 10:37)….so I would also disagree with your position as Christ said that the coming of the son of man on The clouds would occur within their generation (Matthew 24:30) and that some would not taste death until the son of man comes with his kingdom (Matthew 16:28).
It's already obvious to me though I disagree with your interpretation of Matthew 24:30, that you don't take that coming to be involving a bodily coming. Hopefully it is obvious to everyone else as well. Actually that verse does not say it's a bodily coming or that it's not a bodily coming. But even so it is still fairly easy for some of us to conclude that a bodily coming is meant.
Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
The first clue is this---and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see. 'See' in this verse is optanomai rather than eido, where the latter typically involves the perceiving of something, and that the former oftentimes involves literally seeing something with the naked eye.
what is recorded in Matthew 24:30 is also recorded in Revelation 1:7.
Revelation 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
To think this might be involving 70 AD is not reasonable. 'See' in this verse is also optanomai rather than eido. And this verse goes on to say every eye, not some eyes as in not all eyes, but every eye as in all eyes, shall see Him. One might argue that Matthew 24:30 informs us which eyes every eye is pertaining to, that it is only pertaining to all the tribes of the earth rather than literally every eye of every single person that has lived since the beginning of time.
To be fair that might be a valid argument since Matthew 24:30 is informing us that all the tribes of the earth shall see Him, rather than telling us that dead people good and bad shall also see Him coming. Of course though, there is verse 31 to consider. That seems to be involving dead people, but not bad dead people, good dead people. Which BTW, this argument actually helps Premil.
In order to see(optanomai) Christ coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory, it has to be involving witnessing a bodily coming, otherwise you would think He would have used eido rather than optanomai if a coming in another sense was meant.
Matthew 26:64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
As to Matthew 26:64, for instance, since 'see' in that verse is also optanomai, one way to make sense out of that verse is like such. When He initially said that He was in their court being judged and sentenced by them. Yet one day in the future the tables will be turned. They will be in His court being judged and sentenced by Him. And that's what makes the most sense to me per this verse.
Maybe it makes no sense to you since you oftentimes tend to interpret things in a vacuum, so to speak, but since I don't tend to interpret things in a vacuum, it makes perfect sense to me. After all, it's not like, those at the time of Jesus having said that, that they will never have to appear in His court someday. And when they do appear in His court someday in the future, they are obviously literally going to see Him sitting on the right hand of power.
It would be ludicrous to argue that when they appear in His court in the future, that they don't literally see Him sitting on the right hand of power at the time. How can He not be sitting on the right hand of power at the time? Of course He will still be sitting on the right hand of power since He will be performing the judging and sentencing rather than the Father doing that. So, maybe when Revelation 1:7 says every eye shall see Him coming with the clouds, it is also including those who were judging and sentencing Him at the time. Which BTW might mean Premil is not a valid position after all.