After stating that he will now bear personal testimony (verse 9 “the thing of which I do know”) Alma first bears testimony of the justness of God. He explained it, now he testifies it. This is the first statement of the “thing which I do know.” What he says is that there is a time when all shall rise, and that regardless of our conception of time, this ultimate good will come. What may bother us because of our little understanding (the unfairness of the time) is irrelevant to God, for he “knoweth all the times” of men. The concept of knowing should not be read as “understanding.” God’s knowing is all encompassing. More than understanding, more than comprehending, God is aware of all of our times. Even when we think it long, to God it is a short time, and he is still aware of us. We need not feel slighted when things take longer than we think they should.