{"id":23317,"date":"2026-01-03T12:10:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=23317"},"modified":"2026-01-03T12:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:10:49","slug":"is-yhvhs-torah-the-law-of-sin-and-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/03\/is-yhvhs-torah-the-law-of-sin-and-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Is YHVH\u2019s Torah \u201cthe Law of Sin and Death\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Skull-Bones-15105927-707x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23318\" width=\"308\" height=\"459\"\/><figcaption><strong>Is YHVH&#8217;s Torah poisonous to Christians?<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Is the phrase \u201cthe law of sin and death\u201d as used by Paul<\/strong> and as found in Romans 8:2 a reference to \u201cthe law of Moses\u201d which is a biblical synonym for YHVH\u2019s Torah-law as revealed in the Pentateuch or the first five book of the Bible? This is what some Christians believe and teach. Here is the phrase in its larger context:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in the Messiah Yeshua, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in the Messiah Yeshua has made me free from <strong>the law of sin and death<\/strong>. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, Elohim did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4\u00a0 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against Elohim; for it is not subject to the law of Elohim, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please Elohim. 9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of Elohim dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of the Messiah, he is not His. 10 And if the Messiah is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. (Rom 8:1\u201310, emphasis added)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is Paul really saying here? If one were to cherry pick the phrase \u201cthe law of sin and death\u201d out of its larger context, one could assume that \u201cthe law\u201d reference is referring to YHVH\u2019s Torah law. Many Bible believers have made this assumption thus supposedly proving the long held belief that Paul writings undergird the mainstream Christian theological belief that the law was \u201cdone away with\u201d and is largely non-applicable to Gentile Christians. But is this Paul is really saying here? As in all things in life, understanding the contextual background of something is essential to arriving at the correct meaning and truth of a matter as we are about to discover here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Romans 7:23, Paul talks about \u201c<strong>another<\/strong> law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.\u201d This <em>other<\/em> law is what the Jewish sages refer to as the evil inclination or <em>ha-yetzer rah<\/em> with which every human is born. This is because due to the fall of man each person is born spiritually cut off from Elohim and is thus subject to the powerful influences of the world, flesh and the devil.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we yield to our innate <em>yetzer rah<\/em> or carnal (or fleshly), rebellious, sinful nature, this brings a person under the death penalty that automatically comes on each human for violating Elohim\u2019s Torah, for sin is the violation of YHVH\u2019s Torah-law (1 John 3:3). The law of sin and death is simply a matter of the \u201claw\u201d of cause and effect, which states that one reaps what one sows, or for every action there is a reaction. Paul states this elsewhere Paul: \u201cthe wages of sin is death\u201d (Rom 6:23). Ezekiel states that the soul that sins (or violates YHVH\u2019s Torah-law will die (Ezek 18:4). Again, John states that \u201csin is the violation of [YHVH\u2019s] Torah-law\u201d (1 John 3:4). Therefore, the law of sin and death is yielding to our sinful nature that is prone to rebellion against the word, laws or commandments of YHVH Elohim the results of which brings the consequences of sinful actions as prescribed by the Torah. The end result of sin is death or extinguishment of life and eternal separation from Elohim.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just because YHVH\u2019s Torah-law prescribes the death penalty for sin does not make the Torah evil any more than violating the law of gravity by jumping off a cliff makes that law evil, or violating a traffic law makes that law evil. YHVH\u2019s righteous laws exist for man\u2019s good\u2014to protect us from harm, and are thus not evil. Both the Torah-law, the law of gravity and other laws (e.g., traffic laws and other civil laws) are (for the most part) for society\u2019s protection. But if we violate them, we not only jeopardize our well-being and safety and that of other people, but there may be a penalty to pay for breaking them as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Genesis 2:17 Elohim laid down a law: do not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. He pronounced upon man the curse of death if he violated this law. Man broke the law and ate from the forbidden tree. To go against the law of Elohim is sin (1 John 3:4). As previously noted, the wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23), and the soul that sins shall die (Ezek 18:4). This then is the law of sin and death that Paul talks about in Romans 8:2. When a person obeys the Torah-laws Elohim, he will neither be sinning nor will he bring upon himself the wages of that sin which is death.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">YHVH Elohim, man\u2019s Creator, declares that every person has a choice to make: choose life of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil\u2026I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love YHVH your Elohim, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which YHVH swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.\u201d (Deut 30:15, 19\u201320)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before he died, Moses admonished the people of Elohim to choose to serve and obey YHVH. He referred to the YHVH\u2019s Torah-law as \u201cyour life,\u201d and he declared that bodying it was not a futile thing, but would bring blessings and long life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cSet your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe\u2014all the words of this Torah-law. For it is not a futile thing for you, because it is your life, and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess.\u201d (Deut 32:46\u201347, emphasis added)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, Paul in numerous places, including in the chapter preceding Romans chapter eight totally obliterates an notion that he is somehow against YHVH\u2019s Torah law. Again, context is the key to understanding the meaning a person\u2019s statement. In Romans chapter seven, Paul speaks favorably of YHVH\u2019s Torah-law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good. (Rom 7:12)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How can this be taken to mean that Paul is against YHVH\u2019s Torah? Then Paul goes on to say,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. (Rom 7:14)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here Paul is stating that YHVH\u2019s law is eternal and thus immutable, but he is juxtaposing the law against his is own enslavement to that law of sin and death that wars in his own nature. He then goes on to describe this inner struggle in most honest and self-effacing terms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. (Rom 7:18\u201321)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then in the next several verses, Paul again goes on to contrast the evil law of sin and death that is against him with YHVH\u2019s Torah-law, which is immutable, holy, just and good:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>For I delight in the law of Elohim<\/strong> according to the inward man. But I see <strong>another law<\/strong> in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity <strong>to the law of sin<\/strong> which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank Elohim\u2014through Yeshua the Messiah our Lord! So then, <strong>with the mind I myself serve the law of Elohim, but with the flesh the law of sin<\/strong>. (Rom 7:22\u201325, emphasis added)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then in the next two verses, Paul triumphantly proclaims that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Messiah Yeshua, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yeshua has made me free from the law of sin and death. (Rom 8:1\u20132)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore, YHVH Torah, that is, his instructions in righteousness, is <em>not\u00ad <\/em>the law of sin and death. However, if we choose to follow our carnal, sinful human natures, and to choose to disregard our Creator\u2019s words, then this will bring us under the law of sin and death, which is the negative consequences of our actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of Elohim is eternal life in Messiah Yeshua our Lord. 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