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 does the imputed righteousness of Christ enable God to do, and still be just?
Through what are they to -be sanctified?
Who will thus he judged by the saints?
Through whom will come this redemption from the grave?
What has the Lord promised to be to the oppressed?
What will the ransomed of the Lord then do?
What does Daniel say of this kingdom?

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