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.

By what principle is genuine faith actuated?
How does Paul, speaking of the man of sin, describe this same power?
Was the judgment still future in Paul's day?
Where will Christ then take His people?
How long was Jerusalem to be trodden down of the Gentiles?
What is the chief occupation of Satan and his angels?
Why was this to be?

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