Hebrews 9:9

which was a figure for the time then present i.e. And this outer Tabernacle is a parable for the present time. By "the present time" he means the prae-Christian epoch in which the unconverted Jews were still (practically) living. The full inauguration of the New Covenant of which Christ had prophesied as his Second Coming, began with the final annulment of the Old, which was only completed when the Temple fell, and when the observance of the Levitic system thus became (by the manifest interposition of God in history) a thing simply impossible. A Christian was already living in "the Future Aeon" (Olam habba); a Jew who had not embraced the Gospel still belonged to "the present time" (olam hazzehὁ καιρὸς ὁ ἐνεστηκώς). The meaning of the verse is that the very existence of an outerTabernacle ("the Holy Place") emphasized the fact that close access to God (of which the entrance of the High Priest into the Holiest was a symbol) was not permitted under the Old Covenant.

in which…"] The true reading is not καθ' ὅν, but καθ' ἥν, so that the "which" refers to the word "parable" or "symbol," "in accordance with which symbolism of the outer Tabernacle, both gifts and sacrifices are being offered, such as (μὴ) are not able, so far as the conscienceis concerned, to perfect the worshipper." He says "are offered" and "him that doesthe service," using the present (not as in the A. V. the past tense), because he is throwing himself into the position of the Jew who still clings to the Old Covenant. The introduction of "a clear conscience" (or moral consciousness) into the question may seem like a new thought, but it is not. The implied argument is this: only the innocent can "ascend the hill of the Lord, and stand in His Holy Place:" the High Priest was regarded as symbolicallyinnocent by virtue of minute precautions against any ceremonial defilement, and because he carried with him the atonement for his own sins and those of the people: hetherefore, but he alone, was permitted to approach God by entering the Holiest Place. The worshippers in general were so little regarded as "perfected in conscience" that only the Priests could enter even the outer"Holy" (Hebrews 7:18-19; Hebrews 10:1-4; Hebrews 10:11).