The point is - they ARE going to heaven. What’s so hard to understand? Christ death has bought heaven for them. The last stains of sin are being purged in preparation to enter heaven.
What’s so hard to understand? There are bible passages to back it up and the early Church Fathers all believed it. (see many quotes posted upthread). That’s good enough for me.
We will just have to agree to disagree.
Saved, yet not admittable without further prayer.
Saved, yet still ‘dirty’.
Saved, yet those white robes are not quite white.
I guess in the final analysis, we’ll find out on the other side. I’ll put All my trust in Jesus to get me there, because He is my ‘purging’, while others may elect to rely on mans prayers to get them there.