We'll always have Purgatory...
Why would God punish those that already believe in him?
He doesn’t, don’t fall for this nonsense.
True Saved Christians are the Bride of Christ. While we may suffer persecution, He will never allow us to be judged with the children of disobedience.
Christ cannot judge Himself since we are born of the spirit, it’s like saying He’s judging Himself by allowing us to go thru the Trib.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the pretribulational view of the rapture (pretribulationism)?
http://www.gotquestions.org/pretribulationism.html
We'll always have Purgatory...
Suffering and experiencing bad things is not being "punished," it's being tested (and it just comes with the mortal territory). It helps us grow and mature - it also weeds out the fakes.
If there was ever a group of Christians that needed tested, it is not the overfed, TV-addled Western Christian?