Why did not these ancient worthies receive the promise?

Answer

"And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided
some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." Heb. 11: 39,40.
 


What saved the people from the predicted overthrow?
What is promised those who honor their father and their mother?
What relation does the earthly sanctuary sustain to the heavenly?
While God is merciful, does this clear the guilty?
By what means did the Jews know God's will?
14. What does the \"psalm for the Sabbath day\" suggest as proper acts and themes for thought and meditation on the Sabbath?
14. What scripture for ever precludes the idea that the dead come back to earth to communicate with the living?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle