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 did He show that He loved them?
What was denoted by the ten horns?
What did He teach concerning the stability of the law?
Why was the gospel to be preached to the Gentiles?
But when, according to the prophecy, was Elijah to be sent?
How does God regard sorcerers?
When Christ sent out the seventy, what did He tell them to do in the cities whither they went?

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