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10 Colossians 1:15-20

“But when he revealed it through His beloved Son, and manifested the purpose which He
had prepared from the beginning.”

When YEHOVAH revealed what? The word (message) that Yeshua brought us. Notice that
what was prepared from the beginning is YEHOVAH’s purpose, and it was revealed to us by
Yeshua.

Another of the Apostolic Fathers named Polycarp, who knew John the Apostle personally,
wrote in his Letter to the Philippians in verse 7:2:

“Wherefore let us forsake the vain doing of the many and their false teachings, and turn
unto the word which was delivered unto us from the beginning.”

Polycarp is urging the people to turn away from false teachings and turn unto the word. In
other words, “Turn away from false teachings and return to the original message that was delivered
to them from the beginning.” His usage of word is very Jewish, and identical to the way that John
the Apostle uses it. This is fitting because Polycarp was a disciple of John, and one would expect his
views to coincide with John’s, which they do.

Polycarp has no idea of “the word” being Yeshua. He even says that the word was delivered
unto us in the beginning. Yeshua was not delivered unto us in the beginning, He was revealed to us
in the final days, the last days. Hebrews 1:2 states:

“In these last days He spoke to us through a son.”

1 Peter 1:20 says:

“He was known before the foundations of the world, but revealed in the final times for
you.

But YEHOVAH’s message, or will, (the Kingdom of God based on love and ruled by the
Messiah,) was delivered unto us in the beginning through the Patriarchs and the Prophets. What is
from the beginning is YEHOVAH’s love and His message (logos) for our redemption and salvation
that He revealed to us through Yeshua. Ephesians 3:11 confirms this —

“This was according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

What is YEHOVAH’s eternal purpose for us? That we live a life of love and not perish. This
is provided for us through His Son Yeshua. Because of Yeshua’s sacrifice we are able to enter the
Kingdom of God when Yeshua returns.

John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who
believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.”

The Berean Voice November-December 2002