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.

What in the early church showed living faith?
How far-reaching is God's ability to reveal the future?
How does he emphasize the reliability of prophecy?
To whom was this covenant-promise later renewed?
What does the prophet Isaiah, speaking for God through this Spirit of Christ, call the seventhday Sabbath?
How does David speak of Christ's coming?
What encouragement does Jesus give us to meet cheerfully the troubles and trials of life?

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