Season of Chaos

We’ve recently been warned of possible Hezbollah sleeper cells in America attacking us from within as well as antisemitism’s continued rise!  April is a critical month for situational awareness and prayer! April has historically been a very trying month. Look at what has happened across the spans of time during the Month of April:
 
1st April 1933: Nazi Germany begins the persecution of German Jews by declaring a boycott of Jewish owned businesses

2nd April 1982: Argentina invaded the Falklands Islands, and quickly overcame the small garrison of British marines at the town of Stanley on East Falkland, this led to the Falklands Crisis

2nd April 1986: Bomb Explodes on TWA Boeing 727 tearing hole in the side of the aircraft which sucks four passengers including an eight-month old baby from the aircraft.

3rd April 2009: 14 killed in shooting rampage at Immigration Center in Binghamton, New York.

4th April 1916: 1918 France World War I Battle Of The Somme 4th April : One of the most costly battles in modern wartime is fought near the Somme Region which saw the deaths of over 1 million men from both sides of the war.
 
4th April 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. is shot to death by James Earl Ray at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.

4th April 2009: 3 Police Officers Killed and two seriously wounded in Pittsburgh PA as a man goes on a shooting rampage in a domestic dispute over a dog barking

5th April 1986: A bomb is exploded in the crowded La Belle disco in Berlin, Germany, killing two and injuring at least 120

7th April 1994: Civil War breaks out in Rwanda when Hutu extremists murder an estimated 800,000 innocent civilian Christian Tutsis in the worst episode of genocide since World War II,

10th April 2002: Eight Israelis are killed by a suicide bomber aboard a bus in Haifa.

12th April 1945: After serving as U.S. president for 12 years, Franklin D. Roosevelt the 32nd president of the United States died from a massive cerebral hemorrhage at his retreat in Warm Springs, Georgia.

12th April 1994: A Bomb Exploded on a crowded bus in Israel Killing 6 people and wounding 25

14th April 1865: President Lincoln is shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth the first President of the Unites States assassinated.

15th April 1912: RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sinks

15th April 2013: Terrorists detonated two bombs near the finish line at the Boston Marathon killing three people and injuring more than 250.

15th April 2019: A fire started in the roof of the famous Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral and spread through the structure, destroying the 800-year-old church.

16th April 2007: Student Cho Hui goes on a killing spree at Virginia Tech killing a former girlfriend Emily Hilscher and her next-door neighbor Ryan Clark, and then shot to death 30 other students before taking his own life

17th April 2006: A Palestinian suicide bomber strikes a Tel Aviv restaurant during Passover, killing nine people

17th April 2025: The son of a sheriff's deputy, 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner. opened fire at Florida State University in Tallahassee killing two people and injuring six others.

18th April 1906: An earthquake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, shook the town of San Francisco, California and Thirty thousand homes were either partially or wholly destroyed and an estimated 3,000 are reported dead.

18th April 1983: A Terrorist attack by a suicide bomber destroyed the United States Embassy in Beirut, The explosion killed 63 People

19th April 1993: An assault on the headquarters of the Branch Davidian sect near Waco, Texas ends in a deadly fire killing 70 cult members the cults leader David Koresh
 
19th April 1995: A truck full of explosives destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 people.
 
20th April 1889: Adolph Hitler Born in Austria.
 
20th April 1999: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shoot and kill 13 people and wound 24 others at Columbine High School in Denver, Colorado.
 
20th April 2010: The Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig was destroyed by an explosion and subsequent fire, 11 workers were killed and 17 others were injured in the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
 
21st April 1989: 100,000 students gather at Beijing's Tiananmen Square to voice their discontent with China's authoritative communist government. This was the beginning of the mass demonstrations in Tiananmen Square.
 
24th April 1898: Spain declares war on the United States after rejecting America's ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba

26th April 1986: An explosion and fire at the No. 4 reactor of Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine resulted in a nuclear meltdown sending radioactivity into the atmosphere.

26th April 2002: Robert Steinhäuser goes on a shooting rampage at the Johann Gutenberg Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany, killing 15

30th April 1945: Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva Braun committed suicide one day after they were married
 
There is a time and season for all things:
 
Ecclesiastes 3:1,8. For everything there is a season, a right time for every intention under heaven.

8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
 
So then, why do so many horrible things happen in the Spring, even March and May, but particularly during the month of April?
 
I Chronicles 20:1. In the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Yo'av led the army out in force and laid waste to the country of the people of 'Amon; then he came and laid siege to Rabbah. But David stayed in Yerushalayim, while Yo'av attacked Rabbah and destroyed it.

Springtime is the season for war, when Kings go out to war.  As we look through history all nations would quietly winter their armies and relax until springtime in which Kings would go to war.  
 
The word speaks many things regarding war and the season of war.  The Oracles of God give us wisdom, and even tactics concerning war.  God tells us to sound the alarm and we’ll be remembered before Him:
 
Numbers 10:9. "When you go to war in your land against an adversary who is oppressing you, you are to sound an alarm with the trumpets; then you will be remembered before ADONAI your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.
 
The Lord trains us for war, we are to train:

Psalms 18:34. He trains my hands for war until my arms can bend a bow of bronze;
 
Psalms 144:1-2.  By David: Blessed be ADONAI, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle. 2 He shows me grace; and he is my fortress, my stronghold, in whom I find shelter, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.
We are not to fear:

Psalms 27:3. If an army encamps against me, my heart will not fear; if war breaks out against me, even then I will keep trusting.

II Timothy 1:7. (NLT) For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
 
We are to wage war with strategy and wisdom:

Proverbs 24:6. For with clever strategy you wage your war, and victory comes from having many advisers.

We are warned not to receive bad things from our enemy:

Deuteronomy 23:9. "When you are in camp, at war with your enemies, you are to guard yourself against anything bad.

The Lord even allows us to taste battle so those that knew not war may learn and be trained:
 
Judges 3:1-2. These are the nations which ADONAI allowed to remain, in order to put to the test all the people of Isra'el who had not known any of the wars with Kena'an. 2 This was only so that the generations of Isra'el who had previously known nothing of war might learn about it.
 
The season of time is readily apparent to anyone who is awake and paying attention to the Spirit Realm. Even the secular world recognizes April as troublesome. They have denoted April as National Preparedness Month, a time for individuals and communities to plan ahead for potential disasters. It emphasizes the importance of being prepared for emergencies, including natural and man-made threats.
 
Understanding and studying past historical events enhances our grasp of the world, shedding light on geopolitical and kingdom complexities. It helps us see how past events influence the present and guides us in making informed decisions for the future. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Vigilance is a vital aspect of faith, as it encourages us to remain alert and attentive to our spiritual lives and surroundings. It requires us to be aware of temptations, recognizing the presence of HaSatan, while drawing near to and remaining connected to God!
 
Pray and remain vigilant!
 
Blessings,
 
 
Rabbi Eric S Carlson