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.

18. When asked by the rich young man the conditions of eternal life, to what did Jesus direct his attention?
What did the prophet say His name should be called?
1. What report did the officers bring who were sent out by the chief priests and Pharisees to take Jesus?
When asked by the Jews for a sign of His Messiahship, what did Jesus say?
4. After Daniel and his fellows had sought God earnest1y, how were the dream and its interpretation revealed to Daniel?
What was to he inflicted upon one of the heads of this beast?
16. After the sealing work brought to view in Revelation 7, which takes place under the sixth seal, how is the seventh seal introduced?

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