Yes, I had to get used to your writing style, but that is all okay now
The greatest challenge on a Bible forum is to fulfill the commandment Jesus gave us in John 13:34 -
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
As a very young Christian I grew up with the teachings of Hal Lindsey and his book "The late great planet Earth" regarding end time theories. I bought the book by accident, I wanted something to read for the weekend and I was in a hurry and saw the book volatile, thought it was science fiction and bought it. To my surprise it was about the Bible and I became fascinated, also learned a lot about about Christ. Decades later I became frustrated with the book because what the author implied did not happen.
Studying end time theories later I came to the conclusion none of the known theories was without buts, not one was conclusive and I simply gave up.
Then the internet came with Bible fora and there end game theories are a hot topics and so I started a next round reading again. And I came across the same Scripture passages as you while trying to make sense of it. It took some time to mature and external historical knowledge certainly helped to believe Jesus only returned in the skies to rescue His people from the great tribulation as a viable theory.
Nevertheless I still believe Jesus will return bodily on Earth (not only in the skies) to end all the nonsense as pointed out in Zach chapter 14 as the Lord God has some unfinished business with Israel (Romans 11:25-36), it's no accident Israel after 1900 years is on the map again and Israel will repent (Zach 12:10), grafted in the olive tree.
