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.

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What is to take place in the days of these kingdoms?
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To what did the ordinances pertain that were thus abolished?
Of what is the Sabbath commandment a part?
What did David ask God to teach him?
What will flow through the city?

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