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 led to Satan's sin, rebellion, and downfall?
What effect does obedience to the truth have?
How were the two on the way to Emmaus affected by Christ's conversation with them?
To whom did God commit the care and early training of His only begotten Son?
What came out of one of the four horns of the goat?
By what comparison is it shown that the heavenly sanctuary will he cleansed?
What role do his agents assume?

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