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.

Upon what basis does the reward come to one who works?
What is said of the fourth kingdom?
18. What is said of those who live to see the deliverance from modern Babylon, and the restoration of the true gospel?
What apostasy from the worship of God is named in this message?
14. Within less than forty days after the making of this covenant, while Moses tarried in the mount, what did the people say to Aaron?
How does David speak of Christ's coming?
What Christian grace are we exhorted to exercise in our expectant longing for this event?

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