The Torah is NOT Law.

The Hebrew word “Torah” is translated by pagan christians into the English word “Law”. Because of this translation there is a great misunderstanding of what “Torah” truly is. “TORAH IS NOT LAW”. When we use the word “law” we assume a certain meaning and concept of the word that is not present in the Hebrew Scriptures.

The Etymology of the Hebrew word Torah describes the word Torah as coming from the Hebrew root word “Yarah”, a verb which means “to flow or throw something”. This can be a flowing of an arrow from an archers bow, or the flowing of a finger to point out a direction. Nouns are derived from the verb by making one or two changes to the verb root. In this case the Y (yud) is replaced by an O (vav) and an M (mem) is added at the front of the word to form the noun “Moreh”. A Moreh is “one who does the flowing”. This can be an archer who flows an arrow, or a teacher who flows his finger to point out way the student is to go in the walk of life. Another noun is formed the same way except that a T (tav) is placed at the front of the word instead of an M and we have the word “Torah”. Torah is “what is flowed by the Moreh”. This can be the arrow from the archer or the teachings and instructions from the teacher.

A Hebraic definition of Torah is “a set of Instructions, from a father to his children, violation of these instructions are disciplined in order to foster obedience and train his children”. Notice how the word “Torah” is translated in The WORD.
“Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction [Torah] and do not forsake your mother’s teaching [Torah].” (Proverbs 1:8)

“My son, do not forget my teaching [Torah], but keep my commands [Torah] in your heart”. (Proverbs 3:1)

The purpose of a parents Torah is to teach and bring the children to maturity. If the Torah is violated out of disrespect or defiant disobedience, the child is punished/corrected. If the child desires to follow the instructions out of a loving obedience but falls short of the expectations, the child is commended for the effort and counselled on how to perform the instructions better the next time. Unlike Torah, law is a set of rules from a government and binding on a community. Violations of the rules require punishment. With this type of law, there is no room for teaching, either the law was broken with the penalty of punishment or it was not broken. ELOHIYM, as our heavenly Father, gives his children his Torah in the same manner as parents give their Torah to their children, not in the manner as a government does to its citizens.
“Blessed is the man you discipline, O YAHAUAH, the man you teach [Torah] from your Torah” (Psalms 94:12)

“By Your instructions [Torah] I know; so then I hate every false way. Your Word [Torah] is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (Psa. 119:104-5)

“For the instructions [Torah] are a lamp, and the Torah a light; and reproofs of instruction [Torah] are a way of life.” (Prov. 6:23.)

The Torah is ALL of the instructions that are in the WORD from Genesis to Revelations.

In Greek nomos would mean that you accept and you are positive towards the Torah. Anomos would mean that you are against/negative towards the Torah. Pagan christians are anomos towards the Torah by turning the Torah into a law of punishment whereas the truth is that the Torah is for freedom, direction, instruction, favour, undeserved favour and delight.

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