Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 21:13 belongs to the account of Israel's transgressions that led to exile, when idolatry joined with Sabbath desecration brought the people into trouble and dispersion. It announces the destruction of the kingdom of Judah and a change in human dominion. Its reference to the sword contemning even the rod means that punishment reaches beyond the people or power already under judgment.
It presents the coming judgment as a test. Three further overturnings of dominion were to take place by Medo-Persia, by Grecia, and by Rome, and then Christ would come and the kingdom would be His. It warns that sin must be forgiven or it will be consumed.
Ezekiel 21:13 belongs to the account of Israel's transgressions that led to exile, when idolatry joined with Sabbath desecration brought the people into trouble and dispersion. It announces the destruction of the kingdom of Judah and a change in human dominion. Its reference to the sword contemning even the rod means that punishment reaches beyond the people or power already under judgment.
It presents the coming judgment as a test. Three further overturnings of dominion were to take place by Medo-Persia, by Grecia, and by Rome, and then Christ would come and the kingdom would be His. It warns that sin must be forgiven or it will be consumed.