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.

Whom does the Lord chasten?
What did God purpose to do with the people of that day?
21. What miraculous event occurred at the death of Christ, signifying that the sacrificial system was for ever at an end ?
What warlike scene is given under this trumpet?
What was the result of this warfare by means of \"fire and smoke and brimstone\"?
By what does one gain the victory over the world?
What peaceful condition will prevail in the earth made new?

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