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.

By what means are sins washed away?
What is revealed in the gospel?
Why was Christ's preaching so impressive?
9. What testimony did the Apostle Peter bear concerning his experience on the mount of transfiguration?
How is the law fulfilled?
7. What questions asked by its worshippers indicate the great station to which this beast-power was to attain?
What universal chorus of praise will then be heard?

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