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.

Whom did God promise to send with Israel to guide them into the promised land?
In what promise was a Saviour from sin first revealed?
What great truth therefore follows?
What will this prophet do when he comes?
For whom did Christ teach us to pray?
Is it our duty always to give what is expected or asked?
How much of the land of Canaan did Abraham own in his lifetime?

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