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 age of the world is disobedience to parents to be especially manifest?
What duty does God require of children?
In connection with what historical event was the old covenant made?
What did the Savior say should precede the end?
With what are we to comfort one another?
What announcement is made under the seventh plague?
What fate awaits those who turn a deaf ear to the poor?

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