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 explains God's apparent delay in dealing with Sin ?
Just before the fall of Babylon, what did her king do?
What specifications of \"the man of sin\" are thus fully met?
Was the Sabbath \"made\"?
Who gives men the power to get wealth?
By what does one gain the victory over the world?
To whom must one belong in order to be Abraham's seed?

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