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"Gate Gate Paragate Parasumgate" - Heart Sutta
That is what Buddha said about himself after his death. "Gone, gone, totally gone, totally and truly gone". Buddha is not going to return. Nobody returns. The form has neither substance (Anatta) nor permanence (Anicca). Form is Pratityasamutpada (paṭiccasamuppāda) - a seeming depentent co-origination b ycoming together of aggregates (Skandhas). But that philosophy will be very difficult to understand for followers of Abrahamic religions. A God and his prophets/sons/messengers/manifestations/mahdis is as far as they can generally go.
Yeah, we also term ourselves as Hindus for practical reasons so as not to fall prey to totally unsubstantiated Abrahamic assertions of one God and his prophets/sons/messengers/manifestations/mahdis.
So, I'm not getting your comment on when I said "good point." There is no return. It defeats the purpose of enlightenment when the buddha who was supposed to be enlightened comes back to experience rebirth.
Him coming back to "carry a new message" is assuming he is a prophet. I never heard of such a thing in the suttas.