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.
 


How may we know that we are the sons of God?
In all we do, whose glory should we have in view?
In view of the judgment, what exhortation is given?
When Christ thus ministers the law in the heart, what does it become?
How did Christ treat His Father's commandments?
16. After the sealing work brought to view in Revelation 7, which takes place under the sixth seal, how is the seventh seal introduced?
What is written on these gates?

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