Alma 40

In this chapter, Corianton has questions and worries about the resurrection. He does not understand what it is. Alma explains that once Christ resurrects from the dead, from that point on, everyone will, at one point or another, be resurrected. Everyone person will be restored to their body, but a body that is immortal and perfect. Alma explains that all people will continue to exist after death until their resurrection. How they exist depends on how they have lived their lives. The righteous are brought home to a paradisiacal existence where they find rest and peace from all of the difficulties they battled in life. The pains, fears, and anguish that life brought are finally over and they are free to enjoy their life and the relationships they have made. The very wicked, however, continue to live in pain, fear, and anguish. They continue to suffer in a manner that Alma describes as weeping and wailing because while they understand the terrible state they are in, they have no ability to change it. They understand the consequences and can do nothing to change them.

We are so blessed to have prophets who have received additional scripture and revelation that details more about what happens after this life. Not explained in this chapter is what happens to those who are unrepentant but not necessarily the very wicked, who sin, but do not commit sins worthy of the second death. Alma will explain this in chapter 41.