Experience: (Jesus is LORD, Messiah)
Husband of a beautiful wife (41-years and counting); Father of three-beautiful children and a handsome grandson
Professional Experience:
---United States Marine Corps 1/1 - 0311 - NCO
---Retired 31-year veteran of the Houston Police Department (Uniformed Patrol/Motorcycle Officer/Commercial Helicopter Police Patrol Pilot
---Education: Master's Degree/University of Houston at Clear Lake
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Concerning the Trinity revealed within the first-three chapters of Genesis…
The Holy Spirit chose the Name “Elohim” (Genesis 1:1) to introduce our Creator…a plural noun with a singular verb.
The Holy Spirit proceeds to introduce Himself in Genesis 1:2; the Father, Son and Spirit are seen collaborating on the creation of the complex human genome (in their spiritual image) on Day-6 as “Us” and “Our;” while the Son is first introduced in Genesis 3:15 entering Time via the seed of the woman to do battle with the Devil (1 John 3:8b) via the Gospel of Grace, a divine battle strategy, which is first introduced in Genesis 3:21 with Elohim shedding innocent blood, Himself, to clothe Adam and Eve in an imputed-gifted robe of righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21) while simultaneously denying Adam’s attempts to cover his own sin and shame by the work of his hands (Ephesians 2:8-9; Galatians 2:16).
In the first three-chapters of the Genesis, the Trinity, the Gospel, the eschatological purpose for the creation narrative, the victory of Jesus over the Devil at Golgotha (1 John 3:8b) via the Gospel, a battle strategy ordained “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:8-10), are clearly articulated for those with eyes to see, ears to hear and a heart that is willing to believe by faith.
Message: My name is Rickey D. Holtsclaw. I currently reside at redacted, redacted, FL 33, Ph #redacted. On September 24th, 2023, my wife and I entered the Sam’s Wholesale parking lot located at 1450 Skibo Road at approximately 2000 hours. Sam’s was closed for business upon arrival but I drove our RV to the front doors where I observed a police vehicle with blue lights activated parked near the doors. An older Black male in uniform stopped us and asked politely something to the effect “Where are you going or what are you doing on my watch?” I explained that we were low on fuel and was hoping to stay in the Sam’s parking lot for the night; we were tired and wanted to obtain some fuel in the morning and proceed to Cape Hatteras. The uniformed gentleman stated that it was okay to park next to the trees in the corner of the parking lot near the fuel pumps as that’s where all the RV’s park..he then asked “Do you have your nine?” I advised him laughingly that I was retired Houston PD and had my nine in the front and a 38 in the back of the RV…and he laughed as he told my wife “Don’t worry…he’s got ya protected;” this, in response to my wife’s question “Should we be worried?”
I then proceeded to drive our RV to the spot designated by the police officer at which time my wife prepared the RV for the night. We have five-rescue dogs in the RV with us and they needed attention as well.
While taking care of some business online, my wife and I were amazed at the vehicle NOISE and the racing of motorcycles and modified auto’s and trucks on Skibo Rd…I was concerned that we would not be able to sleep…we were tired and had been on the road a good part of the day having left Fort McAllister Park in Georgia that morning. The vehicular NOISE was so intrusive that I called the Fayetteville PD’s dispatch at (910) 433-1529 and pleaded for assistance. I did not request that an officer meet with me for a report nor was my address taken by the call-taker at dispatch.
Just prior to my wife and I preparing to settle down and hopefully get some rest, I heard a loud bang on the outside of my RV. The blinds were down; therefore, I could not see who was outside; therefore, I was very concerned for my wife’s safety especially subsequent my discussion with the officer earlier that led me to believe the parking lot might not be the safest place to stay the night. I donned my off-duty revolver in my right shorts pocket and carefully exited the RV via the side door. I glanced to the rear of the RV and observed a vehicle that appeared to be the same police vehicle I had observed earlier when speaking with the officer at the front doors of Sam’s. I then carefully proceeded toward the front of my RV where I observed two-officers armed and in uniform, one Black officer and one White officer, both appeared to be in their mid-to-late twenties. I immediately raised my hands into the air and advised the officers that I was armed and that I was a retired Houston Police Officer to which the White officer said something to the effect “You’re fine.”
The White officer advised me that Sam’s Club does not permit overnight stays in their parking lot on the weekends. I advised the officers that I had received permission from the security officer earlier to park and stay the night. There was some small-talk exchanged at which time I asked the officers why they were not enforcing the motor vehicle noise laws and interceding on behalf of the citizenry relevant to the racing up and down Skibo Road? The Black officer obfuscated with something to the effect that he had not observed them racing; therefore, he could not intercede; to which, I advised the officer that they could hear the noise at that very moment but the officer again obfuscated his responsibilities; to which, I advised the officers “shame on you both” for not interceding and doing their job. I then turned and walked away and reentered my RV in preparation to exit the premises.
When I entered the RV, I removed my off-duty revolver from my right shorts pocket and placed it on the bed in the rear of the RV. I then proceeded to get things in order, those things that were loose and could fall during transport; securing our ladder, laptops, and other items had to be secured before I could safely leave. My wife, at that time, observed the officers standing to the left-side of the RV laughing at which time the Black officer banged on the side of the RV at which time I opened the side door and the Black officer approached stating the following…
Officer: “How many weapons do you have in the RV?”
Complainant: “Two”
Officer; (with hand on his duty weapon) “Do me a favor and get your shoes on cause I’m gonna seize both of your weapons if you don’t go ahead and leave now.”
Complainant: “What? I have a permit for the weapons.”
Officer: “I understand but you’re acting aggressive so that’s enough for me to go ahead and seize your weapons. (“You made me feel uncomfortable”) Go ahead and grab your shoes and I need you to leave because I was looking through the window and I saw you had your hand on your weapon.”
Complainant: “I had to put the weapon up.”
Officer: “That made me feel very uncomfortable because of the way you’re acting.”
Complainant: “Ok…we’re leaving.”
Complaint continued…
There was no need for the Black officer to re-approach the RV nor was there a reason to threaten and attempt to intimidate because I chastised the officers for not interceding on behalf of the vehicular NOISE beleaguered citizenry who are abused day and night by those who operate illegally LOUD, illegally equipped, motor vehicles on our public roadways; obviously, void any intercession by the Fayetteville Police Department.
Subsequent my interaction with the officers, I immediately drove away having been denied the time to secure equipment in the RV for operation. Finding a suitable place to park, I public-serviced the Fayetteville PD Dispatch once again and requested the names of the officers that had interviewed me in the Sam’s parking lot. Dispatch advised that a “Trent Folk” was working an off-duty assignment at Sam’s that evening but she did not know the name of the secondary officer. I advised dispatch that my complaint was NOT with the White officer but the arrogance and unprofessional behavior of the Black officer; to which, Dispatch or the call for service taker stated that she did not know the officers or the name of the Black officer.
I noticed the poor rating the local citizenry has given the Fayetteville NC PD and now I understand why. The arrogance and unprofessional attempt at intimidation by the Black Fayetteville officer was unnecessary. Sincerely, Rick Holtsclaw Video of last interaction with Fayetteville NC PD: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EKHh2RilQWc
The Deity of Messiah Jesus and your eternal destiny…
The Holy Spirit, who Authored the Scriptures as presented in the Canon, could not have been more clear concerning the deity of Messiah Jesus (John 1; Hebrews 1; Colossians 1); those who deny Messiah’s deity are absent the indwelling Holy Spirit who is the Guarantor of New Covenant relationship with the Father (Ephesians 1:13-14); therefore, those who are absent the indwelling Spirit are not redeemed by faith and therefore remain in their sin (John 3:5; John 8:24).
I will acknowledge, without apprehension, that understanding or acknowledging the deity of Jesus is NOT a prerequisite to entering into a New Covenant relationship with Elohim and subsequently receiving the indwelling Holy Spirit as Guarantor of New Covenant promise (John 3; Ephesians 1:13-14), but I do fully acknowledge that anyone who is born again by faith in Jesus as Messiah and has received the indwelling Spirit of Truth WILL KNOW and openly acknowledge that Jesus IS God, Elohim (Genesis 1:1), having manifest in flesh for the purposes of redemption-salvation from sin and the destruction of Satan’s works at Golgotha (John 1; Colossians 1; Hebrews 1; 1 John 3:8b); after all, it is the indwelling Holy Spirit who teaches this theological truism.
*The one primary differentiating theological Truth between the Christian and every cult and religion of the World is the knowledge that Jesus is Elohim, our Creator – eternally “I AM” and the confession of same publicly without apprehension (Matthew 16:13-20). If you do not know Jesus as Elohim, you do not know the Father or the Holy Spirit (1 John 2:23) and you therefore remain in your sin (John 8:24).
The unbelieving Jews during Jesus’ Earthly ministry knew the eternal import of the deific title “God’s Son” and “I AM” and sought to murder Jesus for blasphemy (John 8). This same mindset is prevalent today in a society inundated by “antichrists” seeking death in Hell via a false messiah they’ve created in their own image or an image of their own choosing (1 John 2:2). If you deny Jesus’ deity you are NOT a Christian; you might have a nice religion or religious cult but you are NOT a “born again” member of Elohim’s family…you do NOT know Messiah Jesus!
“Christians, how do you explain the book of Jonah and the people of Nineveh (gentiles) repenting and being saved prior to Jesus?”
Christian response,
From Adam forward, humanity was provided covenant righteousness with Elohim by faith-trust in Elohim as the One true Deity, our Creator and Sustainer; this same truism was relevant for those in Nineveh.
Messiah’s presence in Time and His work at Golgotha simply paves the path to life in Eternity in response to the prerequisite of Leviticus 17:11 which was first pictured for humanity in Genesis 3:21; that is, the shedding of innocent blood as atonement for sin. It is “faith” in Jesus as Messiah that initiates a covenant of righteousness with the Father and it is the blood of Jesus that permits entry into the Kingdom via satisfactory atonement as mandated by the Father (1 Peter 1:18-19).
Though men and women in the Old Testament found righteousness with Elohim via “faith” (Hebrews 11), their sin required atonement before entering the Kingdom, a Kingdom where “nothing impure is permitted to enter therein” (Revelation 21:27); therefore, the Old Testament saints were interned in Sheol/paradise (Hades in the Greek) awaiting Messiah’s work at Golgotha.
Subsequent Messiah’s atoning sacrifice, those who die in body having expressed faith in Messiah Jesus are now immediately translated into the presence of Elohim in a disembodied spiritual state awaiting the resurrection as modeled by Messiah (2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 3:21). The imperishable resurrected body will be the eternal life form for all of redeemed humanity throughout Eternity.
Finally, it’s important to note that the people of Nineveh repented of their sin in response to Jonah’s preaching and sought righteousness through faith exhibited, validated, by their righteous efforts to eschew evil; unfortunately, much like the people of Israel, the Ninevites did not hold fast to their covenant of repentance and obedience but once again fell prey to defilement and were subsequently judged harshly for their unfaithfulness.
Elohim promised to bless both Abraham and Ishmael but both Judaism and Islam have morphed into “religions” of death and hopelessness. What happened?
Elohim’s promises to Israel through Abraham, to Ishmael via Hagar, are predicated upon obedience (Deuteronomy 28). Neither Israel or Islam honored Elohim but each chose an alternate path; Judaism chose self-righteousness through law and ultimately murdered their Messiah upon a tree while simultaneously demanding that Messiah’s blood be upon them and their children; Ishmael’s genealogy was defiled by a charismatic demon-possessed nomad named Muhammad who provided an oral and written tradition of thievery, deceit, murder, extortion, blasphemy, pedophillia, ultimately culminating in demonic possession and the worship of Satan as Islam’s god, Allah. Elohim is not the root of this evil, humanity is.
A Nation of people who defile Elohim’s will cannot survive. Only a remnant of Israel’s children will escape the “second death” in Hell due their rebellion in unbelief (Isaiah 10:22; Romans 9:27). Islam has been given-over to the demonic and its followers will suffer the second death, a judgment similar to their god, Satan-Allah (Revelation 20:10). Elohim will not be mocked.
One-Nation under God?
This truism is also relevant for the United States of America, one-Nation under God founded upon the precepts of Christianity for the sole-eschatological purpose of proselytizing the Nations in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, a blessed Nation that was ordained to honor the Great Commission that Israel rejected.
Tragically, America has chosen to reject Elohim, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit’s leadership as America has chosen to serve the Devil through narcissism, aberrant sexual defilement, the murder of innocence via infanticide i.e. abortion. America will surely be relegated to a third-world status monetarily, militarily, morally, ethically, as the World rapidly progresses toward Armageddon, a nuclear war between the unholy alliance of Russia, China, Islam/Iran v. Israel; again, Elohim will NOT be mocked.
Policing a “free society” today? I don’t recommend it…
I was a Houston Police Officer for 31-years. Law enforcement is my niche…I bleed blue but law enforcement in America died to the demonic influence of WOKENESS, LGBTQ-gender insanity, Affirmative Action mandates, a selfish – self-obsessed society of narcissists, hedonists, childish cowards…Municipal-County-State-Federal administrators who are sold-out to Political Correctness advocating lowered hiring standards in morality, ethics, sustainable mores, norms, values, essential to a sustainable and wholesome society and a honorable law enforcement community.
As my years in law enforcement progressed the Progressive Insanity and its demonism progressed exponentially and I tearfully observed WOKENESS murder American Law Enforcement and destroy the society it is tasked to police.
I would NOT recommend anyone enter a career in law enforcement today as it will destroy your life and the life of your family if you truly desire to hold fast to what is good and wholesome and enforce laws you’re sworn to enforce.
American society is devolving into anarchy, chaos, a filthy defilement in the demonic; therefore, hold fast to Jesus Christ, obey the Holy Spirit, love what is good and honorable…let the World die in Hell…just don’t compromise with it!
The “religions” of Islam and Judaism are pathways to death in Hell, let’s briefly discuss Islam…
Islam’s Allah is Satan masquerading as an angel of light via the Arabic moon god (2 Corinthians 11:14). Islam is a demonically rooted “religious cult” whose founding “prophet,” Muhammad, emanated from the “wild donkey” Ishmael (Genesis 16:12) who is the illegitimate child born of adultery between adulterous Abraham and Hagar.
Muhammad is a 7th-Century nomadic pedophile thief who is a demon possessed, sexually addicted, murderer who plagiarized the Torah to construct the Quran in hopes of enticing the Jews in Media to follow his new religion…a demonically rooted religion of death that birthed the Islamic Caliphate who murdered, butchered via the sword, Jews and Christians by the millions until temporarily stopped in 1929.
Islam is a religion of the devil who will join an unholy alliance with China, Russia, Iran/Islam to come against Jerusalem Israel in the near future, this nuclear encounter will trigger Messiah Jesus’ 2nd-Advent and the initiation of His Millennial Kingdom.
There is nothing but Hell awaiting the Islamist and those deceived by Satan who is the demonic god of this World (2 Corinthians 4:4). The demonically deceived Islamist must repent and trust fully in Jesus our Messiah if they desire life in Eternity (John 14:6).
The two-primary reasons Messiah Jesus left the Eternal Realm and entered the temporary Realm of Time…
First and foremost,
Messiah Jesus entered Time “to destroy the works of the devil” via a battle strategy known as The Gospel, a Gospel of grace, faith, initiated by Elohim’s selfless love demonstrated at Golgotha, a battle strategy that was ordained “before Time began” (1 John 3:8b; 2 Timothy 1:8-10).
Second,
In order for Messiah’s mission “to destroy the works of the Devil” to be successful, Jesus came to fulfill the law…every moral law that prevents humanity from entering the Kingdom due the Adamic curse (Romans 5:12; Matthew 5:17) thereby offering humanity the opportunity to attain victory over the Devil via imputed righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21).
Jesus fulfilled the law, all law, in perfection as mandated (James 2:10; Galatians 3:10) if one is to attain righteousness through law-keeping; in other words, Jesus did for us what we could not do for ourselves…Jesus walked in sinless perfection before the Father and the one who “believes” with a sincere heart that Jesus is Messiah who died for them will receive the sinless perfection of Jesus gifted-imputed over their life in exchange for their sin (2 Corinthians 5:21) and the Father agrees by covenant promise to declare that person “not guilty,” forever (Hebrews 8:12); this, as the Holy Spirit is gifted the redeemed as the Guarantor of New Covenant relationship with the Father (Ephesians 1:13-14).
Torah Law and the New Covenant,
Torah’s relevance, its purposes, in the Realm of Time have come and gone as Torah Law, Sinai, was given as a tool of sanctification for the Hebrew Tribes, a bulwark against moral compromise with paganism; Torah was also a divine roadmap showing the Way to life in Messiah but Torah was NEVER the destination (Galatians 3:24; 2:16).
The New Covenant offers a radically different application of law through the Spirit, the spiritual law written upon the heart arbitrated by the Spirit via the redeemed conscience (Romans 7:6); the “law of the Spirit of life” in the New Covenant is vastly and eternally superior to the “law of sin and death” (Torah).
It is the spiritual law in the New Covenant working through the redeemed conscience arbitrated by the indwelling Holy Spirit via daily sanctification that is infinitely superior to a written code mandating perfect compliance from the old sin-nature that could never comply in mandated perfection (Romans 8:1-11; Galatians 3:10; James 2:10; Romans 7:6).
8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. 9 He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
If you RIDE LOUD having illegally modified your motorcycle to emit decibel levels in multiples (logarithmic) the legal, total, motorcycle noise emissions of 80dB(A) as restricted by the US EPA’s Code of Federal Regulations for the health, safety, daily quality of life, of the American citizen, and you wear my Lord’s Name and/or His cross of suffering on your colors, you’re a hypocrite and abuser of our most innocent.
It was said in a religious forum that “Holiness is not legalism; Doing what you want is not grace” and “YHVH has a standard. Yeshua died for that standard being transgressed. Those standards still apply.”
Okay, but how does humanity meet Yahweh’s “standard?”
The only human beings that will attain the righteous “standard” of Elohim; that is, perfection in word, thought and deed, is the one who believes-trusts in Yeshua as Messiah who died for them to provide sinless blood atonement for their sin and by believing in Yeshua, the redeemed by faith receive the imputed and GIFTED righteousness of Yeshua over their life in exchange for their sin (John 3; 2 Corinthians 5:21) and they are subsequently declared “not guilty” by the Father via New Covenant promise (Hebrews 8:12).
Elohim expects perfection (James 2:10) and cursed is anyone who seeks that perfection via the flesh (Galatians 3:10); this, due the Adamic sin-nature (Romans 8; Romans 5:12); therefore, there is no attainable righteousness by humanity that qualifies for Elohim’s forgiveness of sin other than the sinless perfection of Yeshua imputed into and over the life of the one who believes that Yeshua is Messiah; this, first being demonstrated by Elohim in Genesis 3:21 and fulfilled by Messiah at Golgotha with the words “It is finished” (John 19:30).
Subsequent establishing covenant relationship with the Father by grace through faith in Yeshua, the Father gifts the faithful the indwelling Holy Spirit as Guarantor of New Covenant relationship (Ephesians 1:13-14); it is the indwelling Holy Spirit who employs the redeemed conscience of the faithful (2 Corinthians 5:17) and methodically applies the spiritual law written upon the heart of humanity at conception (Romans 2:14-15); it is the Holy Spirit who methodically guides the redeemed via the spiritual law and the redeemed conscience to obey all that the Father commands; this, performed by the indwelling Holy Spirit as He produces “fruits of righteousness” against which there is no Law (Galatians 5).
Torah Law is only a definer of iniquity, an accuser of the brethren; therefore, Torah Law only provides condemnation void hope or atonement (Romans 8; Romans 3:20); whereas, the spiritual law (Romans 2:14-15) and the redeemed conscience employed by the Holy Spirit in the New Covenant are anointed and made applicable to address every moral decision, every aspect of discernment, in the daily life of the redeemed where there is peace with Elohim, forever; this, due the atoning sacrifice of Yeshua (Romans 5:1; Galatians 5:16; Colossians 1:19-20).
It is possible to strive after Torah Law an entire lifetime and die in Hell if one neglects and rejects the imputed righteousness of Yeshua available only by faith in Yeshua as Messiah (Galatians 2:16).
"RickeyD" Holtsclaw 