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.

What are some of the attributes of God?
With what promise do the Old Testament Scriptures close?
What was the effect of this apostasy?
How does Paul again express this same truth?
What comes to all men as the result of the Fall?
In what work are angels engaged?
How long will there be poor in the world?

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