On the 31st December, while leading the New Year's Eve service at Shincheonji's Yeongdeungpo Church, Chairman ManHee Lee announced the slogan for 2026 as "The Year of Fulfilling Our Duty." He also urged the congregation to testify the word of Revelation to believers according to the Bible and make this year a year of fulfilling that duty.

The Chairman explained, “The biblical way of saying goodbye to the old year is not simply to see off one year and welcome a new one, as is the world’s standard,” and “From a religious perspective, saying goodbye to one (religious) era and welcoming a new (religious) era is the way to see off one era and welcome a new one, and from God’s perspective, this is even greater.”

He said, “In Revelation chapter 6, an era ends with the falling of the sun, moon, and stars, and in Revelation chapter 7, a new era begins with the sealing of the 12 tribes and the creation of the 12 tribes.” Chairman Lee added, “The 12 tribes sealed in Revelation chapter 7 have appeared in the world, so the good times of Songgu Youngshin (a common idiom meaning 'letting go of the old year and welcoming the new year') have come.” 

Chairman Lee said, “God said that He is with the 12 tribes in Chapter 7 of Revelation, so if we belong to the 12 tribes, we can also attain eternal life,” and criticised Protestant and Catholic pastors who slander Shincheonji Church of Jesus, saying, “Because they don’t know this properly, they say that when they die, they will go to heaven.”

He continued, “These 12 tribes are also the tree of life that bears 12 kinds of fruit each month, as recorded in Revelation 22,” and testified, “God made a promise to use this tree of life as medicine to heal the world and achieve the hope of eternal life.” 

Chairman Lee emphasised, “Shincheonji, which has mastered the Book of Revelation, is the very embodiment of the Twelve Tribes and the Tree of Life.” He added, “Only the Tree of Life can save those who cannot enter heaven by adding or subtracting from the Book of Revelation. Therefore, we must fulfil the duty of this Tree of Life.”

Finally, he repeatedly emphasised, “Let us spread this light (word) to the whole world,” and “Let others see, hear, and understand this light so that they can come under the light and become part of God’s family.”