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.

Will sin and its evil results ever appear again?
When God brought His people out of Egypt, how did He republish His law?
What were these stones to commemorate?
How does this association regard the Catholic Church on this point?
How is this great and dreadful day described in this same prophecy?
For what purpose was the Revelation given?
14. What scripture for ever precludes the idea that the dead come back to earth to communicate with the living?

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