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.

When proclaiming His name to Moses, how did the Lord define His character?
What leads sinners to repentance?
What relation does a justified person sustain to the law?
Was the ceremonial law a complete law in itself?
What day is especially indicated as the day to prepare for the Sabbath?
With what question did Christ meet their false ideas and reasoning regarding Sabbath-keeping?
4. And when the new heavens and the new earth have appeared, and the holy city, New Jerusalem, then he made?

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