[2] The church successfully recruited over 2,000 members to Gwacheon through Yoo Jae-yeol's prophecy of the world’s end in September 1969,[3] and that only those who gathered inside the Tabernacle Temple before this day would be saved.

[4] Soon after, scandals regarding their fraud, corruption and abuse began to surface, the church eventually caught the attention of the public and law enforcement which led to their downfall.

[5] All the founders were former members of the pseudo-Christian group called the Hosaeng Prayer Center 호생기도원, led by cult leader Kim Jong-gyu.

Referring to the fact that he was reared under Kim Jong-gyu's ministry as a part of the interpretation of Ezekiel 16:4-5,[2] 8.The young servant 'male child' who will receive the supreme authority to rule over all the nations (Revelation 12:5).

[2] After joining the Tabernacle Temple, they were convinced that their former pastor was an agent of Satan as recorded in Ezekiel 16: 4-5, Mat 24 :15 - referring to Kim Jong-kyu as the Abomination and the Beast.

[2] They claim “the reason why the evil one appeared in this way was because of the work of Satan, so that he would not be saved when he came to the point of destruction by deception of all powers, signs, and false miracles (2 Thessalonians 1:9,10).

Amongst the followers who filed the complaints were Lee Man-hee and Hong Jae-ho, the founders of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, another pseudo-Christian group that is still active today in South Korea.

[15] In September 1975, The Yeongdeungpo branch of the Seoul District Prosecutor's Office arrested four people, including the head of the Korean Christian Tabernacle Temple, Yoo Jae-yeol (26 years old at the time), Kim Chang-do (41 years old at the time), the deacon, and the leader's secretary, on charges of violating the Punishment Act such as fraud, identity theft and violence, as well as making false allegations against their members.