There, as it is here, the righteous find no pleasure in mingling with the wicked, and in justice will not be forced to. The righteous and the wicked are segregated; the righteous, because of their righteousness, seek companionship with the righteous, and a place is provided for them called Paradise where they can mingle with their own kind, those who, too, are righteous. Paradise, according to Alma, is “a state of rest, a state of peace, where they shall rest from all their troubles and from all care, and sorrow.”
The wicked, also, have a place prepared for them. It is a place where spiritual darkness prevails, because the inhabitants thereof “have no part nor portion of the Spirit of the Lord; for behold, they chose evil works rather than good; therefore the spirit of the devil did enter into them, and take possession of their house—and these shall be cast out into outer darkness.” The wicked there await the “fiery indignation of the wrath of God” to be executed upon them because of their iniquity. A fearful expectation, or an awful looking forward for a just punishment, is continually before them, and “thus they remain in this state, as well as the righteous in Paradise, until the time of their resurrection.”