Alma 22:2-"[Aaron] bowed himself before the king"
Alma 22: "If thou desirest this thing, if thou wilt bow down before God, yea, if thou wilt repent of all thy sins, and will bow down before God, and call on his name in faith, believing that ye shall receive, then shalt thou receive the hope which thou desirest."
I love how the Book of Mormon missionaries started by converting the kings. They weren't afraid of showing the kings that God is the real King of us all. In this passage Aaron approaches the king respectfully by first bowing to him, which probably helped him not sound presumptious to demand that the king bow before God. Aaron knew that for the king to believe in God, the king needed to first accept that there was one greater than himself. I just love the parallels between a servant bowing to his king and anyone of us bowing before God. God is the most merciful king and if we come to him in humility he will grant unto us more than we can imagine (much more than even king Lamoni or his father offered).
It really is remarkable missionary work - starting with the king of the "ferocious, blood thirsty" people.
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