Every Sunday, Latter-day Saints kneel before their King and repeat the oldest covenant pattern in human history. The sacrament prayers in Moroni 4–5 echo the royal treaties of the ancient Near East—naming the divine Suzerain, recalling His saving acts, renewing vows of loyalty, and receiving the King’s blessing. The bread and water are not mere symbols; they are covenant tokens in a sacred treaty of love and grace that stretches from Sinai to Zarahemla to Zion.

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