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.

In what working of God is faith to be exercised in connection with baptism?
To what temple did He refer?
Who controls the distribution of the gifts of the Spirit?
Why do the inhabitants of heaven worship God?
4. What explanation did Moses give the rulers of Israel concerning the withholding of the manna on the seventh day in the wilderness of Sin, before they reached Sinai?
Why did Christ, in the parable, reprove the man who hid his talent?
Under what figures is the first trumpet described?

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