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Shalom, Torah is the Law of the Most High given at Mount Sinai to Moses. It is Genesis through Deuteronomy. Messiah was indeed the Torah in the flesh. This is a Hebraic understanding that is difficult to convey in English. The Torah was given to Israel as a Law forever to be followed by generation to generation. The Messiah is to fulfill every letter, every dot, every bit of the Torah completely, including the Holy Feast days. The Messiah has fulfilled the Spring Feasts of the Torah (Passover, Unleavened Bread, and First Fruits) but yet has to fulfill the Fall Feasts which is what Revelation goes into about. The Fall Feasts are the Day of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles (and its last day known as the Last Great Day). Between the Spring and Fall Feasts is also a Feast called the Feast of Weeks which has already been fulfilled. The Feast of Weeks is known to Christians typically as Pentecost. Therefore, without the Fall Feasts being fulfilled, the entire Torah has not yet been fulfilled. And as the Messiah states, the Torah can not be abolished or done away with until all of it is done. To put it into perspective He states: Luk 16:17

In Hebrew, sin means to "transgress." More specifically, against YHWH and even more specifically, against the Torah. Therefore yes, sin is Torah-lessness. Something Messiah said is that in the end times there would be increased Torahlessness. I would say there is great Torahlessness today. This same Messiah also said: Luk 16:17

In the Hebrew texts of the old testaments, God had but One Name which consisted of four Hebrew letters: Yud Hei Vav Hei or YHWH. In KJV, this is often translated as the LORD or even Jehovah. Many people today know the tetragrammatron as Yahweh as well. As it is written, "You will not bring My name to vain." The Hebrew word for vain means "worthless" or "unused" meaning not to make His name unused and therefore forgotten. The true pronunciation is not entirely known because the ancients didn't write in vowels and the Pharisees (well, the Talmud) prohibited people from saying the Sacred Name (which ironically was in direct violation of the command not to make it unused). There is even a prophecy in Jeremiah which predicts the name of God becoming forgotten: Jer 23:26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart; Jer 23:27 Which think to cause my people to forget My Name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. Baal was an ancient pagan deity and in Hebrew even means "the lord." The LORD being the translation of YHWH was because the Jews replaced His Name with Adonai (meaning Lord or Master) in order to avoid saying the Name. Therefore, the texts ended up translating "LORD" instead of "YHWH." Even Messiah encouraged praying to the Name of God: "Father who is in heaven, hallowed be Your Name..." The Hebrews had many titles for God but recognized His One True Name given to Moses. Other Hebrew titles include: - Adonai - El - El Shaddai - Eloah - Elohim - Eloheinu - El Elyon -Abba And many other titles. There is also the factor of Him being the Lord of Spirits and the "Ruach HaKodesh" as it's known in Hebrew, or the Holy Spirit (known famously as the Holy Ghost) which was the Spirit of YHWH. There is also another attribute to Him called His Shekinah in Hebrew which means "Glory" referring to the Glory of God. When it comes to titles, attributes, and other factors associated to God, the Hebrews had many titles to express His dominion over the universe and to describe His nature. The pronunciation of YHWH is forgotten but scholars and groups have opinions. The most accepted pronunciation amongst scholars and many Jews today is Yahweh. Smaller groups prefer the pronunciation of Yahuah but many Karaite Jews go with the translation of Yehovah or Yehowah, which is where KJV got Jehovah from. The pronunciation Yehovah/Yehowah is supported by the Masoretic Text which is the oldest Hebrew Tanakh (old testament) which had vowel placements in the Hebrew text.