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 use of this prophecy by the Apostle Peter shows that it referred to Christ?
What special message was given to Jonah for Nineveh?
Why are we admonished to fear God and keep His commandments?
Because evil is not punished immediately, what presumptuous course do many pursue?
Does the Papacy acknowledge that it has changed the Sabbath?
What was the result of this warfare by means of \"fire and smoke and brimstone\"?
By what may we be partakers of the divine nature?

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