[Elsie]

First, is He not ever with us on "earth", such as where 2 or 3 are gathered in His name?

Huh?

Where'd this 'earth' thing come from??

Matthew recorded:
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

I think that the 2 or 3 are 'worshiping in SPIRIT and truth'.

[ReaganGeneration2]

Where'd this "earth" thing come from?

I was responding to the previous comment: "He does not come back again until the Second Coming." I was saying that that comment seems at odds with the Matthew revelation, which you cite, about where 2 or 3 gathered. That is, if He can be in our midst [on "earth"] then, He can be as bread and wine too.