I can guarantee that many prophets and kings wanted to see and hear what you’ve seen and heard, but they didn’t.”
“Blessed are your eyes because they see and your ears because they hear.
He turned to his disciples in private and said to them, “How blessed you are to see what you’ve seen.
Then an expert in Moses’ Teachings stood up to test Jesus. He asked, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Your father Abraham was pleased to see that my day was coming. He saw it and was happy.”
All these people died having faith. They didn’t receive the things that God had promised them, but they saw these things coming in the distant future and rejoiced. They acknowledged that they were living as strangers with no permanent home on earth.
All these people were known for their faith, but none of them received what God had promised.