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 effect did the preaching of the Apostle Paul have upon the Gentiles?
Who controls the distribution of the gifts of the Spirit?
What question was asked in the vision of Daniel 8?
26. What event is directly connected with the blotting out of sin and the final refreshing from God's presence?
29. What statement immediately following the announcement mentioned in Rev. 22: 11, indicates that a judgment work had been in progress before Christ comes?
Was there anything made without Christ?
What did Christ say would be the moral condition of the world just preceding His advent?

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