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.

Because some thought He had come to destroy the law, what did Christ say?
Is there a limit to the strivings of God's Spirit?
What marked the climax of Babylon's apostasy?
Why is the carnal mind enmity against God?
On what day did the Jews meet for worship?
How does Isaiah speak of the wicked at this time?
Who will dwell with the redeemed?

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