>>2720357 (OP)Not often. Violence can be used to restore justice if the sword is wielded with prudence in defense of those who uphold God's will. Christianity spread across the Western world and united the pagan tribes as a single people to usher in the greatest era of human history because it is merciful, but just. Upholding justice is man's providence by divine decree of the sword, because a merciful society must be just.
The good news is that God is based and blesses his followers defend their homeland from invaders.
Acts 17:26 And He has made from one [a]blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings.