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 other reason is given for keeping the Sabbath?
Concerning what have we been definitely informed?

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