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 is the duty of every child?
What is the love of God?
What did God purpose to do with the people of that day?
Does the first commandment show who the author of the law is?
Is Christ coming again?
What class only have part in the first resurrection?
Whose names are in the foundations of the holy city?

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