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.

How may we know that we are the sons of God?
What is the great purpose of Christ in His work of reconciliation?
What assurance has God given of the judgment?
Do they take any part in earthly things?
Where will all the saints then go?
5. Before their entrance into Canaan, what instruction did Moses give Israel concerning these things?
What above all else shows God's willingness to do this?

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