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.

Who is the Comforter, and what was He to do?
How was the flood stayed, and Satan's -design defeated?
How does it propose that the matter of \"Sabbath desecration\" shall be dealt with?
What has been one great characteristic of the Papacy?
What does the historian say of this legislation?
What is set forth as the basis for hope and comfort?
Why, under these plagues, does the Lord give men blood to drink?

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