Hi Marilyn,
Thanks for hanging in there. That is, of course, the Futurist Eschatology. I do not believe a word of that but I know it’s quite popular in N. America.
What I see in scripture is that Jesus came in Judgement (not bodily) and those who pierced him standing at his trial saw that day. He fought against them through the chaos inside and Romans outside. This is my eschatology in a nutshell.
Luke 21:32
“Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
Matt 25:35
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Those experienced what you describe and they deserved it and could have repented anywhere along the way.
Act1:11 describes his second coming without metaphors as you quoted but do not believe judging from the rest of your words. “He will come in same way he left” (no horses, no army, no bloodshed.)
But concerning that day (2nd coming) and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son,
bbut the Father only.
37For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
38For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark,
39and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Notice there were no signs and they were UNAWARE.
The other scriptures you cite are mainly metaphors and describe the events around and up until 70AD. The the scriptures you quote are the same speech given at the same time in different Gospels which is disingenuous of you. The gospels report the same events but it doesn’t make it doubly true. It happened to that generation as Jesus said it would and the details match astoundingly.
God has never and will never come with a supernatural army to execute bloody killing on those who cannot defend themselves because they don’t like Him. In every instances, either He sent human armies or “natural” disasters occurred. He never comes like an invading horde.
The angel said he’d come in the same manner, not to the same place.
I know you don’t agree but if you just understand that with you don’t agree, it’d be great.