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.

Upon what conditions is an understanding of divine things promised ?
What is revealed in the gospel?
After His resurrection, what effect had this prediction upon His disciples?
By what method of reasoning did Christ justify acts of mercy on the Sabbath day?
What, through the prophet Isaiah, does the Lord call the Sabbath?
What did Christ say would he the result if the days of persecution were not shortened?
Who else appeared on this occasion?

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