09/03/2026
[USA] 2026 Tabernacle Exhibition Southeast Tour: Dallas
The 2026 Tabernacle Exhibition 2nd Tour arrived in Dallas, Texas, the final city of the tour, after passing through Charlotte, Nashville, Birmingham, New Orleans, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin. In Dallas, one of the major cities in the southern United States, the final Tabernacle Exhibition of this tour was held.
As Pastor Eunchong Park prepared for the Dallas Tabernacle Exhibition, he thought about the hearts of Philip and Andrew in John chapter 6. Philip calculated precisely that there was no way to feed five thousand people. However, Andrew brought to Jesus the five barley loaves and two fish that a young boy had.
The condition of the Dallas Church seemed the same. They did not have much, and there were many shortcomings in the preparation. However, God gave them the heart that He could work even through a church that seemed lacking. In human calculations, it seemed small and insignificant, but when it was placed in the hands of God, it was not small at all.
During the preparation for the Tabernacle Exhibition, meetings with many pastors continued. Some pastors had not shown much interest in the mission’s work before, and with some, the relationship had grown distant for a time. However, when the team visited them with materials about the Tabernacle Exhibition, their reactions changed. As they looked at the Tabernacle photos and explanations, they showed interest and wanted to hear more about the exhibition. The subject of the Tabernacle became a channel that opened the hearts of pastors.
Many pastors expressed their intention to attend, and some churches helped promote the Tabernacle Exhibition within their congregations. Although the preparation period was not long, God opened the way one by one through the meetings with pastors.
**Meetings with Pastors Reconnected**
There was one meeting that especially remained memorable during the preparation. It was with Pastor Rafael Cruz, known as the father of Senator Ted Cruz. Although it had usually been difficult to contact him, when the Tabernacle Exhibition was introduced to him, he showed interest. Through this, they could see that the Tabernacle Exhibition was opening the hearts of pastors. The Tabernacle was not merely exhibition material, but the word that allowed pastors to see the gospel of Jesus Christ in a new way.
The brothers and sisters of the Dallas Church joined together in inviting local churches and pastors ahead of the Tabernacle Exhibition. On Saturdays, they delivered invitation materials, and on Sundays, they personally visited churches, explained the purpose of the exhibition to pastors, and encouraged them to attend. As a result, they were able to receive promises of attendance from several pastors.
Through this process, a great change especially took place in the youth. As they went out to the evangelism field every week, preached the gospel, and presented before people, they gained faith and boldness. The faces of the youth also became much brighter as they returned from evangelism. The church was thankful that the preparation for the Tabernacle Exhibition did not stop at simply organizing an event, but became a time for the brothers and sisters to gather their hearts for the work of the gospel, and for the youth to offer themselves before God and grow in faith.
On the day of the event, a CLF meeting was held with pastors from the Dallas area. The pastors who attended listened to the word and shared fellowship together. During the message, Pastor Sangrok Ryu shared the testimony of Pastor John Choi overcoming the poison of a scorpion through the word, and preached the power contained in the word of God. The pastors responded to the message with applause and shouts of “Hallelujah.”
Pastor Ryu then preached the gospel that while atoning sacrifices were offered daily in the earthly Tabernacle, in the heavenly Tabernacle Jesus Christ accomplished eternal redemption once for all through His own blood.
When the exhibition began, attendees moved from station to station and listened carefully to the explanations of the curators. The words delivered in front of the altar of burnt offering, the laver, the table of shewbread, the lampstand, the altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant showed that each instrument of the Tabernacle pointed to Jesus Christ.
As the attendees passed through each station, what remained in their hearts was not merely knowledge about the structure or instruments of the Tabernacle. The sacrifice at the altar of burnt offering, the washing at the laver, the light and bread in the Holy Place, and even the mercy seat in the Most Holy Place were all connected to Jesus Christ. By the time they finished all the stations, their hearts were being filled with Jesus Christ, who was revealed in the Tabernacle.
The drama on eternal redemption that followed made the gospel they had heard through the word even clearer. Through the model of the Tabernacle, the word, and the drama, attendees were able to keep in their hearts the gospel of eternal redemption completed in Jesus Christ. Many people discovered before this gospel that they had been made righteous, and they rejoiced.
“My name is Greg Stone. As you can see, I am 100% pure Jewish. I saw the advertisement for the Tabernacle Exhibition online, and a friend also told me about it, so I came with the heart, ‘Okay, let’s go and see it.’ What I liked the most during the exhibition was the emphasis on the fact that Jesus took His own blood into the Tabernacle in heaven, the heavenly temple. The priests on this earth took blood into the earthly Tabernacle, but Jesus took His own blood into the heavenly sanctuary. This is an enormous difference. Because of this, we now have a better covenant established upon better promises. No matter what emotions we feel or what difficulties we go through in life, the word that remained in my heart was that we can believe and rely on the fact that Jesus, Yeshua, has solved everything forever. We truly have peace and security in the Lord.”
- Greg Stone
“The instrument I liked the most was the altar of burnt offering. When you look at the altar of burnt offering, it shows exactly what Jesus did for us. Jesus personally offered Himself as the sacrifice for us. So seeing the scene of innocent animals being offered as sacrifices was truly an amazing experience. When you look at the whole Tabernacle, it ultimately speaks about the grace given to us through Jesus Christ. When we read the Bible, sometimes we cannot deeply feel its meaning until we see it with our own eyes. This exhibition added deeper meaning to what we had read in the Bible and in the word of God.”
- Julius Sonko
“My name is Tereso Retana, and I am the pastor of Christ Our Hope Church in Dallas. The question asked by the young girl in the drama left an impression on me: ‘What if I sin again?’ Jesus fulfilled all righteousness by being baptized, and at that time the sin of the world was passed onto Jesus. Now many sacrifices are no longer needed. Jesus, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, one person, is enough. All of these things were a shadow of the good things to come. Jesus fulfilled them in reality. Today, through Jesus Christ and the precious blood He shed on the cross, we have been justified and sanctified.”
- Pastor Tereso Retana, Christ Our Hope Church
“Some people came to my house and invited me, telling me that this event was being held. Here, I learned that Jesus Christ is the center of everything, and that the blood of Jesus washed away the sins of all people in the whole world. Therefore, through the blood of Jesus, we can come before God and enter into His glory. Our sins have been washed clean, and we are now able to stand before God without sin. When Jesus comes again and takes us, we will live with Him forever in joy.”
- Pastor Ignacio Flores, Bridge of Eternal Life Church
The Tabernacle series, which began to be published in the monthly Good News magazine in January 1990, was published as one book titled The Tabernacle in 1996. Pastor Ock Soo Park closed the final page of the book with these words: “I now conclude all the words about the Tabernacle, hoping that all those who have loved reading the Tabernacle will be freed from all sin through Jesus, and live a precious life with God.”
Now, 30 years later, the gospel contained in that book is being delivered to the hearts of people in many cities across America. In every city that this Tabernacle Tour passed through, God received people like us, like the five barley loaves and two fish, and worked. We seemed small and lacking, but when we were placed in the hands of Jesus, nothing was lacking. Until the gospel of eternal redemption revealed in the Tabernacle is preached throughout all of America, the tour team will continue to run.