"Coming with clouds," in one manner or another, is old testament imagery for coming in judgment or power.
But who is "every eye?" That is certainly a reasonable question. Do you think every eye in the world will see Christ? If so, how do you think that might happen?
It is interesting that in the Revelation the scope has changed to "every eye" seeing him, from "only the tribes of Israel" seeing him in the gospel of Matthew. Maybe the book of Revelation was not written for those of us 2000 years distant; but for the early Christians, who were mostly Jews, and were, say, those members of the seven Churches of Asia? LOL!
Maybe "every eye" didn't see him, but only those who were the targets of his judgement. This is the same event in Matthew:
"And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." (Mat 24:30-31 KJV)
Who are "they?" In those days it could be none other than the tribes of Israel: those of Jerusalem: those of the great city, Babylon the Great, that Jesus had already pronounced judgment upon during his earthly ministry.
Philip
“Coming with clouds,” in one manner or another, is old testament imagery for coming in judgment or power.
Yet, we also have the verses from Acts 1:9-11 that state Jesus was taken to heaven on a literal cloud, and that he will return in the same way, so there is no justification for you trying to interpret it symbolically, other than to twist the meaning of the Bible to fit your own ideas:
“9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.”