Many people read Hebrews and they think of the Temple and not the Tabernacle but it is the Tabernacle that the author refers to as an example of Christ. The Temple is a place where people go to meet God but the Tabernacle represented God in the midst of His people; God coming down and dwelling among the people as Jesus did when He became man. We read in Revelation 21:3 "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God."
In Hebrews 4:2 we are told, "For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith." So the question is how was the Gospel preached to those in the Old Testament? One way the Gospel was preached was through the Tabernacle. The walls, the courtyard, the coverings, the curtains, the furniture all spoke of the Redeemer.
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