What is the holy place that Jesus entered into?
The holy place He entered is heaven itself—the very presence of God at the mercy seat, within the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands and not of this creation. He entered once by His own blood, not by the blood of goats and calves, obtaining eternal redemption.
Les explains that the tabernacle built at Sinai was patterned after the very floor plan that is up in glory. But the tabernacle Jesus entered was greater and more perfect. It was not made by Jewish craftsmen; it was untouched by human hands. The word “building” in this context should better be translated “creation,” so this tabernacle is not on the earth and not of this creation—it is in heaven. The contrast is with Israel’s high priest, who entered yearly with the blood of goats and calves. Jesus did not enter by that blood; He entered by His own blood. He did not enter once a year but once, and that once is a key word through the book of Hebrews. By that entrance He obtained eternal redemption for us. The holy place is the very presence of God at the mercy seat of God, and there He sprinkled and presented His own blood.
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: