Jesus’s “return” is about returning for us, His bride. Maranatha Lord come quickly. If He came in the air here on earth and caught us up to Him and took us out of here, that would be Jesus returning. He would then have to return a second time.
One return of Jesus for His bride who He catches up into the air on His way down to establish His kingdom on earth for a thousand years during which satan and the demons are bound.
Jesus in clouds is the great cloud of witnesses from heaven (the saints in heaven) given their resurrected bodies, then us who still live on earth caught up to Him and given new bodies for a millennium here on earth. Bodies are for here on earth not heaven.
When and where did the church become the 'Bride'???