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 was one direct purpose of the incarnation of Christ?
What rendered it possible for God to treat sinners thus?
How only do any become children of God?
What relation does the Church of Rome sustain to other apostate churches?
What kind of mind is not subject to the law of God?
When John the Baptist was asked if he were Elijah, what did he say?
Under what condition does the Lord not hear prayer?

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