>> If the notion that September 23 2017 marks the sign of the Woman as per Revelation 12, the we should have already been in the middle of the tribulation period already with 3.5 years to go.<<
Simply because the sign occurs in the middle of the Book of Revelation does not necessitate that it is the middle of the Tribulation.
Also, if your thesis is that the Chid being Christ rather than the body of Christ, the Church, your timeline would put Rev 12 two thousand years ago.
Harpazo would indicate that the Acts 1 ascension of Christ from the Mt. of Olives was something of a rescue, quickly and done with outside force.
Phonetic Spelling har-pad’-zo Parts of Speech Verb
Definition
to seize, carry off by force
to seize on, claim for one’s self eagerly
to snatch out or away
King James Word Usage - Total: 13
catch up 4, take by force 3, catch away 2, pluck 2, catch 1, pull 1
The word used is Phonetic Spelling Parts of Speech
har-pad’-zo Verb
Definition
to seize, carry off by force
to seize on, claim for one’s self eagerly
to snatch out or away
King James Word Usage - Total: 13
catch up 4, take by force 3, catch away 2, pluck 2, catch 1, pull 1
In Acts 1 Christ is not in need of rescue and is patiently giving instructions to the disciples. They, in turn, have to finally be told to leave.
Since this thread is about exhausted on this topic, I would recommend visiting the ERF site for a more thorough briefing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvbZ-eZ_glg
I was using the KJV which said “caught up”....I wasn’t trying to have a “rap” session on the rapture. That’s for another time. Christ went to heaven the same way Enoch did...God the father “took them”.