Our story and the story of our ancestors still command us -- with direction, with purpose, and with meaning so powerful that it transcends the finite boundaries of time or our fragile lives.
The cow is, of course, the animal the Lord commanded us to eat with great joy and gratitude.
The US Constitution grants us this right to come forward and help determine the future direction of our nation, and the Qur'an commands us to judge with justice and embrace our responsibility to assert our voice.
All of them are a celebration of the lessons and legacy that Jesus commanded us in and left us with, to love one another.
Rough translation - "Blessed are you, the infinite one, the source of life, of everything, the king of the universe, who has commanded us to wrap ourselves with a TZITZIT".
It's a good rule to follow for more than one reason: it commands us to treat others with respect and kindness, which is good in itself, but it's also a good guide for our conduct insofar as we'll be more likely to get what we want.
Obviously, the Jewish "mitzvah" of "tzedakah," literally "justice" though more commonly associated with charity, commands us to help others.
A decision by MacFarland, later adopted by higher US command, to align with Iraqi fighters he and other commanders had previously understood to be enemies became the genesis of the "Awakening", a realignment of allegiances that aided the Iraq war's greatest period of tactical success.
A symbol can suspend our intuition and preoccupy us with their commands.
That original command is still with us today in vestigial form.
In the case of the Korean Air advertisement, the nuclear proposal is the command [3.1] Fly with us.
