But the symbol apart from the reality is worthless. The entire issue with the Jews can be summarized in terms of spirituality and superficiality. The Jew was relying on superficialities for his righteous standing before God. He relied on his physical relationship to Abraham, on a possession of the Law and in the practice of rites and rituals such as circumcision. But God does not judge on the basis of externals.
Righteousness is a matter of the heart.
You will fail. The kind of righteousness which is necessary to please God is perfect righteousness. You will not abide by it either, for none of us can live by the standards which we set for others. They are all meaningless without inner righteousness, demonstrated by our works. That will never get you to heaven.