Why were there no chairs in the tabernacle?
There were no chairs in the tabernacle because the priests’ work was never finished; they had no place to sit. The absence pictured that their sacrificial labor was continual, unlike Christ, who after finishing His work sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Les explains that all the materials and aspects of the tabernacle picture Christ in some aspect of His finished work of the cross. In the sanctuary there were no windows, and there were no chairs—not a single place to sit down. The reason is that the work of these priests was never done and never finished. By contrast, when Christ finished His work, He sat down. Hebrews chapter 1 says that after He had finished the work, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, because His work was finished. The priests’ continual labor showed their work was incomplete; Christ’s seated position proved His work was finished.
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;