<p>8:2 <i>A servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man</i>- The Lord Jesus is actively working in Heaven for us. The allusion is to priestly 'service', which was always focused upon bringing others to God and enabling their service. The &quot;true&quot; tabernacle doesn't suggest the Mosaic tabernacle was untrue; but it was but a figure of the ultimate, 'true' Heavenly reality.</p><p>There is great emphasis in Ex. 26 that the tabernacle was &quot;one&quot;, joined together in such a way that taught the lesson of unity. The spiritual tabernacle, the believers, was &quot;pitched&quot; by the Lord God- translating a Greek word which suggests 'crucifixion' (Heb. 8:2). Through the cross, the one, united tabernacle was pitched. To tear down that structure by disuniting the body is to undo the work of the cross.</p>