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.

15. When God sent the Ninevites a warning message, how did they show their repentance, and what was the result?
What was given into the hands of the power represented by the little horn?
Of what does God say the keeping or hallowing of the Sabbath is a sign?
In what words did He foretell its destruction?
Did angels exist before the death of any of the human family?
What reason did Paul give for glorying in tribulations?
Why is sorrow better than laughter?

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