A couple quick points off the top of my head.
1) Jesus entered the "heavens" [Heb 4:14] (MHP) with his blood. That is the MHP. The heavens= tabernacle (MHP)
2) His "flesh" was the veil that he entered as a forerunner for believers [Heb 6:19-20]. NOT a literal tabernacle!
3) [Heb 9] we have the "outer tabernacle" (HP) and "inner tabernacle" (MHP). The "outer" and "inner" tabernacles REPRESENT i.e. symbolize the Old & New Covenants
4) Jesus is seated in a tabernacle "made without hands" [Heb 8:1-2].
5) The land [Heb 11], Davidic Kingdom [Heb 8; 12:18f] are spiritual but yet we are told by some the tabernacle of David is literal
6) David's tabernacle would be restored with the kingdom promised to him [2 Sam 7:7-14} and yet the N.T. is clear that the Davidic tabernacle is spiritual in nature [Acts 15; 1 Cor 3; 2 Cor 6:16; Eph 2:11f; 1 Pet 2:4f]
Only a lack of exegetical work in Hebrews would lead one to this type of radical literalism
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