Hebrews 9:9 It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience
Pause for a moment to focus on the first three words of verse 9. “It was symbolic.” What was symbolic? The tabernacle, and everything that it represented under the Old Testament Judaic dispensation. While it still stood, the symbol, not the substance, was with Israel.