A Heavenly Tabernacle (Hebrews 9)

In chapter 9, the author of Hebrews further discusses the role of Jesus as a High Priest.

He states the pieces of the original tabernacle, the Holy Place, were actually copies of things that appear in Heaven.  These would include the altar, the incense, the ark, and the cherubim.  As the High Priest enters the Tabernacle to make offerings, so did Jesus enter the Heavenly throne to present himself as High Priest to God.

Of course, this is why do not do animal sacrifices anymore.

It has been over two thousand since the birth of Christ, so we look back with what is now a long Christian tradition.  So with that, animal sacrifices have been discontinued since the first century.
I think we might actually take it for granted that we do not need to do animal sacrifices anymore.  When we read Leviticus today with its numerous rules on sacrifices, it feels a little odd.

A question to ponder - did the author of Hebrews write because Christians were still doing animal sacrifices?  It would not surprise me, either way actually.  Animal sacrifices still occurred the temple of Jerusalem because it still was a Jewish temple.  Did Christians partake in it?  It is quite possible.