Why did Israel fail to attain unto righteousness?

Answer

"But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled
at that stumbling-stone!' Rom. 9: 31, 32.

19. What message did Christ send to John the Baptist while John was in prison, to strengthen his wavering faith?
What importance is attached to Christ's resurrection?
Who was the seed here referred to?
8. Did God bless and sanctify the seventh day while He was resting upon it, or when His rest on that day was past?
What was to occur under the fourth trumpet?
What graces are we to add in our character building?
What assurance has God given to believers?

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