are you as a Catholic aware that the notion of purgatory is not found in the Bible. BUT the Bema Seat of Christ is found in the Bible and takes place IN HEAVEN?
The Bible does speak of a cleansing fire, which could mean that there is a need for purification. But I do not dwell on it. I put that in God’s hands.
I was not familiar with the term “Bema Seat”, but after reading about it, it’s in line with what I have thought, that Jesus will reward us differently based on how He judges each of us. I have reflected on what Jesus told His disciples in John 14; that His Father’s house has many mansions, that He would go and prepare a place for them, and come back to take them so that they may be where He is. Jesus will also prepare a place for each of us, and the places will be different one from another.
I used that passage from John 14 with teen Bible study. It is an interesting Physics Lesson that Jesus gave to Philip, isn’t it! In one of John’s letters, we get even more clues as tot he Physics involved in The Rapture ... ‘We will see Him as He is, for when we see Him we shall be like Him’ The great transformation Paul wrote about (in 1Thess, 2Thess, and 1Corinthians) needs lots of Energy to convert into multi-dimensional beings able to see Jesus in His multi-dimensional reality. But as God has stretched forth the heavens, He has built up a huge storehouse of potential energy in the zero point field, which He as God can speak into creating. ... But all that is grist for another mill.