Even as all men are not born and die at the same time, it makes no difference whether they are raised from the dead all at once. There is a period of time which begins when the body of flesh and blood is separated from man's spirit that lasts down until they are reunited again in the Resurrection. In verse six a fact is noted which undoubtedly perplexed Corianton. But Alma's explanation is easily apprehended: All is as one day with God, and time only is measured unto man.
That Alma understood there is only one resurrection may be judged from the explanations he offered his son. Corianton had no doubt listened to many discussions concerning the Resurrection, its extent and its effect upon mankind. But the arguments given to sustain the different views therein stated served only to give him further reign to his doubts and passions.
In God's Plan of Redemption there is only one Resurrection, but the Resurrection itself may extend over what is to us a long dispensation the continuity of which seems broken by relatively long periods of time, thus in the minds of many, making of one thing several integral parts or portions. Alma, however, was sure that a time was appointed by God for man to be raised from the dead. Now, he interposed, "Whether there is more than one time appointed for man to rise it mattereth not," and his logical conclusion heretofore stated: all is as one day with God . . . is a complete commentary thereon.