“After testifying to Corianton of the reality of the Resurrection, [Alma taught there were multiple times when mankind will be resurrected]. Such concerns did not matter to Alma, for he said ‘all is as one day with God’ (Alma 40:8). The Prophet Joseph Smith … revealed that for God all things ‘are manifest, past, present, and future, and are continually before the Lord’ (D&C 130:7). … The past, the present, and the future were and are, with Him, one eternal ‘now’ (History of the Church, 4:597)” (Book of Mormon Student Manual [2009], 242).
1. Alma 40:1–2 There will be no Resurrection until after the coming of Jesus Christ.
2. Alma 40:3 Jesus Christ brings the Resurrection.
3. Alma 40:4 There is a time appointed for all people to be resurrected.
4. Alma 40:6–9 There is a period of time between death and the Resurrection.
5. Alma 40:11–12 Righteous spirits await the Resurrection in a state of happiness called paradise.
6. Alma 40:13–14 The wicked await the Resurrection in darkness and fear of judgment.
7. Alma 40:16–19 Those who lived before Jesus Christ are resurrected before those who live after Him. (Note: Be sure students understand that the righteous are resurrected before the wicked; see John 5:29; D&C 88:95–102.)
8. Alma 40:23; 41:2 When the spirit and body are reunited, every limb, joint, hair, and part of the physical body will be restored to its proper place.
9. Alma 42:23 The Atonement makes the Resurrection possible, and the Resurrection brings everyone back into the presence of God to be judged.