Shepherdsword, I affirm the future return of Jesus Christ. I am not denying Acts 1 or the resurrection of the dead.
What I'm challenging is your assumption that every reference to Christ coming on the clouds must describe that same final event.
You quoted Matthew 24:30, Acts 1:9–11, and Revelation 1:7.
Now show where Scripture says those three passages must refer to the same event.
You've assumed that connection and then used it to override Christ’s explicit time marker.
Your system’s assumption is being treated as more authoritative than Christ’s own words.
That's the very interpretation under dispute.
Isaiah 19:1 describes the LORD coming on a cloud against Egypt. The prophecy concerns divine judgment, not a physical descent onto Egyptian soil.
So cloud-coming language can describe God acting in judgment. That means the meaning of Matthew 24 must be established from its own context, not simply assumed from your interpretation of Acts 1.
And Matthew 24 contains a time marker you still have not accounted for:
“This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” — Matthew 24:34
You can't quote another passage, assume it describes the same event, and then use that assumption to move Christ’s generation 2,000 years forward.
That's the interpretive move under dispute.
I have answered your question. Christ came in judgment against Jerusalem in AD 70, and I affirm His future final return.
Now answer mine:
Where did Jesus identify another generation as “this generation”?
Book. Chapter. Verse.
Until you can answer that.. yes, goodbye.
