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.

In what language is the justice of God described?
What instruction is given concerning confession of sin?
What special message was given to Jonah for Nineveh?
For how long a time should one honor his parents?
Where did Moses command the Levites to put the book of the law which he had written?
What text definitely brings the millennium to view?
Why did Christ say the meek are blessed?

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