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 awakens the soul to a sense of its sinful condition?
What instruction did the Apostle Peter give concerning the Gentiles who had believed?
For how long a time was the seventh-day Sabbath observed in the Christian church?
What song will they sing?
Would God have His people unite in these combinations?
Under what figures is the first trumpet described?
By what means were the apostles delivered from prison?

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