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.

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What writings are specifically mentioned as containing some things difficult to understand?
How is Christ's second coming described in the Psalms?
26. What event is directly connected with the blotting out of sin and the final refreshing from God's presence?
What inspired tribute is paid to the law of God?
What does the prophet Isaiah, speaking for God through this Spirit of Christ, call the seventhday Sabbath?
In his dream at Bethel, what did Jacob see?

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