What does it mean that our body is like a tent?
Paul refers to our body as a tent or tabernacle to show that it is temporary. A tent is not substantial and permanent but can be picked up and moved. The body is not here forever; it is temporary. It is a fragile dwelling that will not last.
Les teaches that when you live in a tent, you are not living in something substantial and permanent; you are living in something you can pick up and move. Paul uses that same comparison for our body, calling it a tent or tabernacle. The point is that the body is not here forever but is temporary. The tabernacle itself, with its skins and coverings, was likewise a temporary tent structure rather than a permanent building, reinforcing the idea that our present body is a temporary dwelling.