2025-04-07 Update: As planned, we gave tours to the biblical tabernacle replica for a little over a week, and it is now de-constructed. We hope (and pray!) that the tours deepened your appreciation for Jesus, the Lamb of God! If you missed the tour, see www.MessiahsMansion.com for their tour schedule. Blessings!
Messiah’s Mansion: Full-size Replica of the Ancient Hebrew Tabernacle
The Messiah’s Mansion traveling exhibit brings the Bryan/College Station area a chance to learn a little bit of ancient history through a living museum. Travel back over 3,000 years into the desert between Egypt and Palestine where the Israelites banded together to build a tabernacle for God. Each element in the tabernacle had deep significant meaning to the Hebrew people and this tour will bring each symbol to life. These symbols all point to Christ–the Lamb of God who took on our sin.
Basic Info
What: Messiah’s Mansion is a full-size replica of the biblical sanctuary. Free 75-minute tours will be given to the public for one week. Tours start every 30 minutes.
When: Tours are given between March 29-April 6 (2025) from 1 to 6:30pm daily. (The last tour begins at 6:30pm.)
Where: The Sanctuary replica has been assembled on the front lawn of the College Station Seventh-day Adventist Church, located at 1350 Earl Rudder Fwy South, College Station, TX. See below for a map.
Reservations: To keep our tour sizes manageable, please book a specific time (see schedule at bottom of page). If you can’t find an available time, come anyways, we’ll squeeze you in! To book/reserve, just go to the bottom of this webpage and choose your time-slot and number of people.
School/homeschool tours: If you have a private school or home-school group, call us at 405-454-3590 or email us (at info@bcstabernacle.org) so we can schedule a shortened tour aimed at school children. These special tours are given in the morning and not part of the regular schedule.
Cost: The tours are a free gift to the community. Bring your Sunday school class, your friends, and family!
Why? Christ, the Perfect Lamb of God, died for our sins. By examining the Israelite sanctuary and its services, we can better understand God’s character and better appreciate salvation through His Son, Jesus Christ.
More Info
Help us: Get the word out. Invite your friends, church members, and history buffs. Share our Facebook event page. For a promotional poster you can share with your church or others, click here.
More questions? Email info@BcsTabernacle.org or call us at 405-454-3590.
Tour comments
Our church last built this tabernacle replica in 2015 and 2012, and we had over 1,500 visitors–some from as far as Austin. Comments from people who took the tour were overwhelmingly positive. We kept on hearing how wonderful it was to see a Christ-centered Sanctuary tour. A few people gave permission to display their comments:
“It was very interesting to see how many elements of the tabernacle design could be tied to Jesus.”–Kyle, United Methodist Church (Bryan,TX)
“I appreciated most how ya’ll were so honest & so ready to back up everything you said with God’s word. Thanks for not sugar-coating it! It was great.”–Rachael, Faith Fellowship (Round Rock, TX)
“We enjoyed the knowledge and ability of the young people!”– Guy (3C Cowboy Church, Salado, TX)
