He was asked about the signs of His coming by the disciples:
"And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?" (Mt.24:3).
Correct, but somehow you add to it by claiming the Disciples meant when He was coming to planet earth.
They were asking Him about His coming to the earth.
No they weren't.
They asked Him "what shall be the sign of thy coming". Nothing about planet earth in the question.
Let's look at a similar verse:
(Isaiah 19:1) See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt.....
In the above prophecy, the Lord neither literally rode a literal cloud, nor literally went into Egypt.
That's the same language found in Matt 24, Luke 21, and Mark 13
The Isaiah prophecy was fulfilled when the Assyrian army invaded Egypt.
The Matt 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 prophecies were fulfilled when the Roman army destroyed Jerusalem in 70AD.
Both prophecies speak of coming on clouds
And here he is speaking about "coming" to the earth:
"But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit down upon his throne of glory" (Mt.25:31).
No it doesn't Jerry.
There is nothing in the above verse that even hints of Christ Jesus coming to planet earth.
However, you cannot even understand His simple words and you assert that His coming was not speaking about coming to the earth.
Just like the Lord did not literally come to Egypt, Christ Jesus literally didn't come to planet earth despite both prophecies saying the Lord was coming, yet both prophecies were fulfilled.
The disciples asked Him a question about His coming to the earth but you say that His words were not answering their question about His coming to the earth!
Again Jerry, there is nothing about planet earth in any of the verses. In fact, you won't find one verse in the NT that remotely says a thing about Christ Jesus coming back to planet earth, a third temple, or any of the other nonsense Darby said is going to happen in the future.
I do not see that you have any respect for what the Scriptures say because you are ready at a moments notice to twist them in order to make them fit the ideas promoted by the preterists!
I have shown you that the language found in Isaiah 19:1 is the same language found in the NT prophecies about the Lord coming on clouds.
Instead of learning from the symbolism found in the OT, you have chosen to believe Darby instead.