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The Bible operates under the assumption from start to finish that your physical nation is a part of your identity. In fact at the very end of the Revelation, nations still exist (Rev. 21:24-26) and you are still a part of your nation, that part of your identity is never removed at any time. It is the most prominent attribute even.
There is also many more references to bring context here. For instance, the Bible says the following.
Deuteronomy 17:15
Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
Lamentations 5:1-2
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Hosea 5:10
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Hosea 7:8-9
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
Isaiah 10:12-13
I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
1 Timothy 5:8
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
>And there's Galatians 3:28.
Yes, that same verse also says neither male nor female and we already know that Scripture doesn't teach social equality between men and women. So this is about equal value in Christ, not about having equal roles or some sort of socialist equality. If someone wants to use that they have to be ultra-radical feminists as well, which contradicts Scripture.
The nation is the extension of the family. In your life there is a special role for your own familty and nation you were born into, this isn't even a hard concept to grasp until recently. You might even say its naturally ordered like so.
>But whenever I think about this, it feels like it's displeasing to Christ.
I thought the Lord commanded to honor your father and mother.
Listen to what the Scripture says. Don't listen to the children of the deceiver. You know who they are, and they're out to confuse you on this.