The Lord's position on nationalism

Fascinating stuff.  I hadn't seen this in a long time (not since I took seminary in the late 80s, I'd bet) so it wasn't on my radar until someone else of another faith pointed it out to me.

http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/31/bible-undermined-concept-global-empires-favor-nation-states/

Here's the passage from the scriptures.  I skipped some verses that talk about the giants that possessed the land beforehand, and stuff like that.  From Deuteronomy 2.  Think about how this parallels the giving of the Land of Promise to the Americans. 

And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: 

Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. 

Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. 

And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. 

And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. 

Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. 

This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. 

And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 

Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. 

Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet; 

(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. 

And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. 

Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 

And the Lord our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 

And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain: 

Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 

From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us: 

Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the Lord our God forbad us.