That’s what the people of long ago were praised for.
All these people were honored for their faith, but none of them received what God had promised.
By faith Abel brought a better offering to God than Cain did. Because of his faith, Abel was praised as a godly man when God said good things about his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he has died.
In the past, God spoke to our people a little at a time in different ways through the prophets.
