Graphical view of the Plan of Salvation.
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Eternity for Mormons is very different from mainstream Christian religions.
The spirits of all men, as soon as they depart from this mortal body, whether they are good or evil, we are told in the Book of Mormon, are taken home to that God who gave them life, where there is a separation, a partial judgment, and the spirits of those who are righteous are received into a state of happiness which is called paradise, a state of rest, a state of peace, where they expand in wisdom, where they have respite from all their troubles, and where care and sorrow do not annoy.
The wicked, on the contrary, have no part nor portion in the Spirit of the Lord, and they are cast into outer darkness, (I prefer to call it 'spirit prison') being led captive, because of their own iniquity, by the evil one.
And in this space between death and the resurrection of the body, the two classes of souls remain, in happiness or in misery, until the time which is appointed of God that the dead shall come forth and be reunited both spirit and body, and be brought to stand before God, and be judged according to their works.
Source: John A. Widtsoe Smith, ed. Gospel Doctrine. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1919. Chapter 24.
When Christ returns, there will be two resurrections.
After the completion of the Millennium, final judgment will begin.
Graphical view of the Plan of Salvation.