What does the book of Hebrews compare regarding the past?
The book of Hebrews compares the good things of the past—when God resided in the earthly Temple in the Shekinah glory—with the heavenly realities now belonging to the Body of Christ, whose connection is to the heavenly Jerusalem rather than an earthly Temple.
Les teaches that the book of Hebrews, which he thinks Paul wrote, constantly compares that which was good back in the past—when God resided in the earthly Temple in the Shekinah glory—with the present heavenly position of the Body of Christ. All the way through the Old Testament, Israel under the Abrahamic covenant, including Christ's earthly ministry and the early chapters of Acts, dealt with God's earthly people and earthly promises. The Jew knew nothing of dying and going to heaven; Job spoke of the Redeemer standing on the earth in the latter days. Their Temple was in Jerusalem, earthly. But now believers are not connected to an earthly Temple; they are connected to the Jerusalem which is in heaven. This contrast prepares for the coming thousand-year reign when everything earthly and heavenly will come under His reign and rulership.