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.
 


When men appreciate God's love, what will they do?
How are these gifts elsewhere spoken of?
By what means may the mother bind the hearts of the loved ones at home together?
How far-reaching is God's ability to reveal the future?
How ancient is this doctrine of Christ's coming?
In what sense does the angel Gabriel explain John the Baptist to be the Elijah of Mal. 4: 5?
14. What scripture for ever precludes the idea that the dead come back to earth to communicate with the living?

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