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 classes of persons are necessarily shut out of the kingdom of God?
How are the present effects and future results of chastisement contrasted?
What first attracted the prophet's attention?
With what words did He justify acts of mercy on the Sabbath day?
How enduring did He say the law is?
Until what time were the saints to he persecuted under the Roman power?
What petitions may we confidently expect God to hear?

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