Hebrews 11:39

“Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

And for this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the trespasses that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

For by it the men of old gained approval.

All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.