The Torah is a teaching, a continual guidance,
and instruction. It is not static; it is continually
happening on an on-going basis.
It comes from the same root as the word
teacher מורה , and also the word
for parents הורים .
This indicates that the Torah functions
both a teacher and as a parent.
The Holy Spirit רוח הקודש is
the person who is both a teacher
and a parent. Thus as an individual listens
to His voice, and obeys Him, שומע בקול ,
the Torah is changing to fit circumstances
and situations, and is fulfilling the righteousness
of the LORD.
The prophet Jeremiah describes this
in Jeremiah 32:23 when HaShem says
“I will write my Torah in their hearts.”
נתתי את תורתי בקרבם
ועל לבם אכתבנה:
This happens when a person receives
the Messiah Yeshua משיח ישוע as
his or her LORD.
The person begins to hear the voice
of the LORD as a result of coming
into a personal relationship, as in a marriage,
with HaShem. This fulfills the words
of the prophet that HaShem put
into his mouth when he says in
Jeremiah 32:33
“And they all shall know me”
כי כולם ידעו אותי
It also fulfills the word of the
prophet Hosea in Hosea 2:21-22
when HaShem says
” I will betroth you to me forever,
I will betroth you to me
in righteousness, in judgment,
in mercy, and in compassions;
I will betroth you to me in faith,
and you shall know the LORD.”
וארשתיך לי לעולם
וארשתיך לי
בצדק ובמשפט
ובחסד וברחמים:
וארשתיך לי באמונה
וידעת את יהוה:
Then the person really begins to keep
the Torah as result of an active
relationship with HaShem
through the guidance of the
Holy Spirit רוח הקודש .
This is in contrast to the LAW חוק
which is a different Hebrew word.
LAW or choq חוק means a
fixed, unchanging decree.
Proverbs 8:29
“When he gave the sea his decree,
that the waters should not pass
his commandment:
when he appointed
the foundations of the earth.”
בשומו לים חוקו
ומים לא יעברו פיו
בחוקו מוסדי ארץ:
Psalm 104:9.
“You have set a bound
that they may not pass over;
that they turn not again
to cover the earth.”
גבול שמת
בל יעברון
בל ישובון
לכסות הארץ:
The understanding of this contrast
builds faith in the heart of each Jew
who has newly prayed to receive
the Messiah Yeshua משיח ישוע
into his or her heart.