Where is the tabernacle not made with hands that Hebrews talks about?
The tabernacle not made with hands is in heaven, not on this earth or within this creation. It is heaven itself, into the very throne room, where Christ entered once as our high priest by His own blood, obtaining eternal redemption for us.
Les explains that what Paul refers to as “not made with men’s hands” is not on this earth and not on this creation, so it must be in heaven—in heaven itself, into the very throne room. God had set this up in heaven, even though ancient Israel practiced the earthly pattern. When Israel’s high priest went in and sprinkled blood on the mercy seat, Christ did the same for us, but He did not go into the tabernacle of Israel or Solomon’s temple. He went into the tabernacle in heaven. Hebrews 9:12 says He entered once into the holy place, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood, having obtained eternal redemption for us. The back room behind the veil was called the holy of holies, the holy place, but Christ went into the heavenly one as our high priest.
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.