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.

In receiving the Son what do we have in Him?
Why did the apostle say this duty was so imperative?
Why did God destroy the antediluvian world?
How does Paul describe this dedication of the covenant?
What does the Bible present as the object of signing or sealing a document?
How did the Apostle Peter say the message of the Lord's coming would be treated by some?
Whatever may come, what blessed assurance has everyone who loves God?

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