By Their Rejection Of Their Messiah The Jews Have Not Subjected Themselves To the Righteousness of God (10:1-4).
The reason that Israel have not been saved is because they sought their own righteousness (a lowered standard of righteousness based on the traditions of the elders - see Matthew 23:23; Mark 7:5-13), and refused to submit to the righteousness of God, a true righteousness which came up to God's perfect requirement, which was to be found in the Messiah. Indeed they were so taken up with their own efforts after righteousness that they were ignorant of this righteousness of God. They missed the point of what Scripture was saying. And thus they failed to recognise that Christ (the anointed Messiah) had brought righteousness for everyone who believes, a righteousness which could be ‘reckoned to them', a righteousness obtainable simply through faith (Romans 3:24 to Romans 4:25). Meanwhile in contrast to their situation is the fact that, for those who believe in Him, the condemnation of the Law is rendered inoperative, for Christ (the Messiah) is ‘the end of the Law unto righteousness for all who believe'.