What is the tabernacle not made with hands in Hebrews 9:11?
The tabernacle not made with hands is the greater and more perfect tabernacle in heaven, not of this building or creation. Christ, as high priest, entered this heavenly holy place once by His own blood, obtaining eternal redemption for us.
Les explains that this greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, is not of this building or this creation but is the one in heaven. He notes that Christ, as high priest, did not need to offer sacrifices daily like the Jewish high priests, first for His own sins and then for the people's. Instead, He offered Himself once, entering the holy place once by His own blood, and thereby obtained eternal redemption for us. Les emphasizes that this settled and finished the work.
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
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What does it mean that Christ's tabernacle is 'not made with hands'?
The tabernacle Christ entered is not made with hands, meaning it is not a man-made structure like the tabernacle in Sinai or Solomon's temple, but one God constructed.