And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God,

God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

(Romans 1:28)

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, October 3, 2025 – Not at any point do they talk about turning back to God. They don’t mention God at all when they wax poetic over the historicity of the land and how that history is theirs and how they belong on that land—and how that land belongs to them—solely because of their history. They talk about culture. They talk about heritage. They talk about tradition. But they never talk about God. They never once mention him, not even as a cultural or historical touchstone.

Listening to them talk about how they’re owed the land as a right based on their historical connection to it reminds me of Paul explaining how God gave certain sinners over to a reprobate mind, allowing them to continue to wallow in their sin and confusion because sin and confusion was all they wanted. They didn’t want God. They didn’t want what he was offering. They wanted sin, and so God permitted them to have it.

(They wanted the land back, and so God permitted them to have it.)

God didn’t say: “I’ll let you keep on sinning because I know at some point you’ll turn back to me.” No. Paul said God gave them over to a reprobate mind, with no mention of ever turning back. When God gave them over, he gave them over forever.

Now, having said this, I still believe they own the land that was given them by legal contract, and that they own the land fair and square. Based on the agreements, it’s their land. I also believe they should be able to defend their land and the people on it in whatever way they deem necessary, just as any other nation would. But I don’t believe they have a Biblical right to it. Only the godly have a Biblical right to it. God permitting them to have the land is not the same as them having a Biblical right to it. Never confuse that issue.

Still, and again, they got what they wanted.

I hope they’re happy.