In the mercy of God, all will be restored to a perfect body for eternity v. 23). The Prophet Joseph Smith said: “All of your losses will be made up to you in the resurrection, provided you continue faithful. By the vision of the Almighty I have seen it.” (TPJS, 296). People will have their own body that have been sanctified and perfected into a spiritual and immortal body (v. 23; see Alma 11:45 and commentary in chapter 11).
All of the prophets knew of and prophesied of the resurrection (v. 24), although many prophecies have been lost from the plain and precious parts that were taken away (see 1 Nephi 13:26). Following are some examples of those that remained. Hannah’s prayer shows that she was aware of the resurrection: “The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up” (1 Samuel 2:6). Job bore testimony to his three friends: “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me” (Job 19:25–27). Isaiah saw the day when: “Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead” (Isaiah 26:19). Ezekiel used the principle of the resurrection to illustrate the gathering of Israel (see Ezekiel 37:1–14). There were several Book of Mormon prophets who likewise testified: Abinadi (Mosiah 15:20–27); Amulek (Alma 11:41–46); and Samuel the Lamanite (Helaman 14:14–16) as well as Alma and others who mention the principle, but do not expound upon it.
Justice may not happen in this life, in fact it probably wont, but it will happen in eternity. After the mortal experience and the spirit world experience, the righteous will shine forth in the kingdom of God (Alma 40:25), and the wicked will experience an awful death. Again, we have the definition of spiritual death: dying or being cut off from things pertaining to righteousness (v. 26; see also Alma 12:16, 32; and Helaman 14:18). We also have another testimony of the unclean, those who are spiritually dead, being cast out of the kingdom of God (v. 26; see also 1 Nephi 10:21; 15:24; Alma 7:21; 11:37).
The remarks of the Prophet Joseph Smith are a fitting conclusion to this chapter of Alma:
If I have no expectation of seeing my father, mother, brothers, sisters and friends again, my heart would burst in a moment, and I should go down to my grave.
The expectation of seeing my friends in the morning of the resurrection cheers my soul and makes me bear up against the evils of life. It is like taking a long journey, and on their return we meet them with increased joy.” [TPJS, 296]