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 perfect does Christ tell His followers to be?
What is declared to be one purpose of Christ's death?
What basis for reconciliation was made by Christ's death?
In what psalm was the resurrection of Christ foretold?
What does the Bible present as the object of signing or sealing a document?
Who is this dragon said to be?
16. After the sealing work brought to view in Revelation 7, which takes place under the sixth seal, how is the seventh seal introduced?

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