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We cannot say for sure that Jehovah’s servants will see thousands of people dying around them. But one thing is certain: as soon as Armageddon begins, we can expect Jehovah to give peace of mind and complete physical and spiritual protection to his people—not just as a group, but also individually. Because you say, “Jehovah is my refuge,” Jehovah promises: “Nothing will harm you.” Let us look to the future with confidence, knowing that we can fully rely on Jehovah’s protection. The Watchtower of September 2026, first article of the study, paragraph 20.

I partnered with a brother doing door-to-door last weekend. He is 98. I worked hard to keep up... It was 29C (84f) here in Honolulu. I still struggle with the humidity! RC this weekend. 1135 in attendance today. I counted 6 getting baptised.

Now available!!! https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-september-2026/Trust-In-Jehovah-for-Protection/

This i can't wait for, have had so many health scares lately and living with health problems and caring for my sons needs, I know we all face these things, but I wish I could have a little break where I can get used to something being there to endure before something else comes along......🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️

I was in the field ministry today with a Pioneer sister who is 92. I won't be 80 until next year...😎

Jehovah's one thought.

I have only been on this site seriously for a few days and I have already had encouragement that I never thought possible. I am closing my day now and look forward to tomorrow now. Keep up the fight for the faith, I am starting to try on the boxing gloves again, spiritually 😁

Br. Guy Pierce (died 2014) of the GB was married and had children. Br. Rutherford's son was Malcom (see photograph). He was Br. Russell's personal secretary or stenographer.

I am 91 years old this year!

I totally appreciated Br. Herd's concluding comments assuring the faithful older ones of Jehovah's and our love, and encouraging them to keep on doing their best - and he's leading by example. Well done!!

Another brother on the forums sent me this bit of insight: This article reveals where the FIFA World Cup final will be played. It doesn't look like much just seeing the picture of the stadium the article uses, but zoom into the photo and see what's on the screens! 2026 World Cup final will be played at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey

A couple of enhanced photos...

recently, the Japanese branch changed its translation team and I really appreciate the modern tone. The sentence in Japanese basically means the following : "So let’s not be afraid, let’s lift up our heads and look toward the future. For we have Jehovah, our strongest ally, who is always there to protect us."

Lately, I've been thinking that when the nations give their power to the UN, the slave might use social media to declare that the great tribulation is about to begin. Many news outlets may report it because it will sound nuts to them, but it will help many people hear about the coming destruction of false religion before it begins, and give them something to think about when it does.

Proclaimers book page 89 (subheading…”Closing Days of J.F. Rutherford) …footnote on bottom of page Footnote * Brother Rutherford was survived by his wife, Mary, and their son, Malcolm. Because Sister Rutherford had poor health and found the winters in New York (where the Watch Tower Society’s headquarters were located) difficult to endure, she and Malcolm had been residing in southern California, where the climate was better for her health. Sister Rutherford died December 17, 1962, at the age of 93. Notice of her death, appearing in the Monrovia, California, Daily News-Post, stated: “Until poor health confined her to her home, she took an active part in the ministerial work of Jehovah’s Witnesses.”

That was Brother Herd, not me. I am a mere 36.

A language-learning app called Un-Babel or Fire Tongues

I thought some here might find this article of interest. The article reviews documented hate incidents against Jehovah’s Witnesses across Western Europe during 2025. It argues that violence rarely begins with violence itself. Rather, it often starts with intolerance, stereotypes, and efforts to portray a religious minority as dangerous or undesirable. The author traces this progression from intolerance to discrimination and, in some cases, to acts of vandalism, threats, assaults, and other hate-motivated incidents. Whether one agrees with every conclusion or not, the article raises an important question: What happens when negative labels and public ridicule become socially acceptable? The examples presented from a number of European countries provide a sobering look at how attitudes can influence behavior and why religious freedom deserves continued attention. When media spread intolerance, and authorities promote discrimination, violence is a logical consequence. https://bitterwinter.org/hate-crimes-against-the-jehovahs-witnesses-in-western-europe/

Considering that probably most of the people that go to JW.org are already JW, a tie salesman or a razor blade company would have done well a few years ago...

JW Pressroom has reached 800K on Instagram and 140K on TikTok.

May you have peace and security in your new study project...😁

That sounds plausible. I think it would be similar to the articles they have like, "Does The War In The Middle East Mean Armageddon is Coming?" but it would be "Does the UN Gaining Unprecedented Power Fulfill the Prophecy of the Beast? Is the Destruction of False Religion Next?" This way they wouldn't be jumping the gun by claiming it definitively is fulfillment, but it does give legitimacy if it is the actual fulfillment. It will draw the honest-hearted.

I want to believe, too. However, reasoning on the scriptures indicates otherwise. It's the issue of universal sovereignty that provides the conclusion that, currently, humans are the highest form of physical creation in this or any other galaxy. We are in this miserable state of imperfection in order for us to prove Satan a liar. If there were other intelligent creatures in the physical universe, they would have been created perfect. Their perfect devotion to Jehovah would show that Jehovah's physical creation is not flawed and that intelligent physical creatures with free will would serve Jehovah out of love. Their faithful example would prove Satan a liar. There would be no reason, no need to subject all humanity to 6,000+ years of suffering, pain, misery, and death. The 3 rebels in Eden would have been destroyed on the spot. The fact that we are Witnesses in this trial of universal sovereignty is indicated by the facts that the angels are intently watching how all this plays out, the rebellious spirit creatures in Noah's day chose humanity to live among, Satan tested humanity, and that 144,000 humans are (going to be) granted immortality, will sit on thrones and judge not only humans, but even angels. These anointed will live in heaven forever. All these factors added together indicate that this whole situation involving our salvation is not some minor event playing out on 1 planet while the rest of the physical universe is in harmony with Jehovah. No, what is happening here is the most important event in the physical universe. Now, after all this is settled, Satan is destroyed, and we all become children of God in the complete sense, then who knows? It's a big universe. Jehovah will want to do something on the 8th day.

Beware 1914. We preached that for years prior to 1914. It was even in the newspaper. We all know the significance of this and how WWI was a pretty obvious "sign" that we were right in preaching that message. You're suggestion, this idea, sounds like a similar experience. What an interesting thought. History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme. It would be very stirring, indeed.

Hohoho

Hutchins Road Congregation Bangalore.. India

My great uncle is 94 and his wife is 85. He's the only one of my grandma and her siblings left alive and fortunately I knew them all. My grandma passed away at 92 in 2019. They were all in the truth and five of their spouses were also Witnesses including my Grandpa, my grandma and her siblings were seven. My great uncle that is still alive and lives far away but we email each other he was the baby of the family. My great aunt my grandma's sister died two years ago at the age of 105 and eight and half months. My great grandmother the mother of my grandma and her siblings passed away at 88 when I was eight months old. She was a faithful sister as was her mother in law who found the truth in 1900 and died during World War Two in her 80's. There other faithful older ones in my family many who have passed away and some who still alive. Also, I know many older brothers and sisters. Yes, Jehovah loves them.

Or 2029, 2000 years after Jesus was anointed 😏 🤪

Just as I thought, vanilla update, just enough to catch breath before our RC in 3 weeks time. I’d be beyond my mental capacity for a „major” update. 😆😉😂

I also think that we will fairly soon look back and realise that we didn’t know it was that close

Report about recent case which has implications in Europe https://bitterwinter.org/echr-upholds-jehovahs-witnesses-right-to-preach-door-to-door/

Thank-you, brother John. Wow! This part says a lot: "In 2020, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom identified the Jehovah’s Witnesses as the most persecuted religious organization in the world in proportion to their membership size. They serve as the proverbial canaries in the coal mine, a warning sign for religious freedom—or lack thereof."

Noticed this info is now on our site: ...hope I posted this image correctly here 🤔🤭

Hi everyone, It's been a while since I last posted an update about this project, so I wanted to give you a status update. As I mentioned before, I am currently developing Baruch entirely on my own. It was never my intention for this to remain a one-person project. Over the past months I've approached several brothers here in the Netherlands to see if they would be interested in helping. Not everyone needs to be a programmer. There are many other areas where help is needed, such as communication, community management, documentation, testing, and eventually user support. Unfortunately, finding volunteers has proven to be more difficult than I expected. Everyone is naturally busy with theocratic responsibilities, family life, work, and other commitments. I don't have investors, and I'm funding this project entirely with my own (limited) resources. Because of that, I'm not in a position to pay people for their work. It has never been my intention to turn Baruch into a commercial product. Instead, I'd like to explore whether the project can eventually be sustained through voluntary donations and community support. I also set up a Discord server and was hoping to find someone who enjoys building and managing an online community. A community doesn't grow by itself—it requires time, energy, and consistent communication. My idea was to regularly post updates and discussions to keep people involved. I even approached several brothers from the English congregation here in Utrecht, since good written English is important for reaching an international audience, but so far I haven't been able to find anyone who is enthusiastic about taking on that role. Some of you may also know a little about my personal circumstances. For several years now I've been unable to work because of my health. In 2018 I was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. I have Mantle Cell Lymphoma, which unfortunately is not curable. At the moment I'm taking Ibrutinib to keep the disease under control, but it doesn't always work as well as we'd hope. The past few months have been particularly difficult. Right now I'm struggling with severe fatigue and poor concentration, which makes it very difficult to work consistently on Baruch. I've gone through periods like this before, and my doctors expect things to improve again. I've now been working on Baruch for about two years. For me, it's much more than just a software project—it gives me purpose and something positive to focus on. I started this topic on jwtalk back in February because I genuinely wanted input from brothers around the world. At the same time, that also makes it very visible whenever my health temporarily prevents me from making progress. My long-term vision is that Baruch will not remain a one-person project. I hope to build a team of brothers and sisters who can continue developing and supporting it together. That will take time to organize properly. Because of my illness, it's very possible that one day I'll have to take what we sometimes call "the underground" to the New World. If that happens, I certainly don't want a project that I've invested two years of my life in to disappear with me. My goal is to place the software within a company called Agape Apps and, at the appropriate time, make the project open source on GitHub so that many brothers can contribute to its future development. That, too, will take time to organize these things. For now, it's important to keep the bigger picture in mind. Because of my health, it's simply impossible for me to accurately estimate how much time I'll be able to dedicate to Baruch. As a result, I also can't honestly predict when a first beta or test version will be ready. I hope this gives everyone a clearer picture of where the project stands today. Agape, Jonathan

If you think you have problems then spare a thought for s sisters search for her son https://zmina.info/en/articles-en/war-is-when-your-sister-dies-of-her-wounds-in-your-arms-while-russians-torture-your-son-for-ten-months-how-a-mother-searched-for-missing-ivan-zabavskyi-in-russia/

My apologies. The page shown is from the 1911 Convention Report as stated but it is on page 226. The page number shown (23) is from the special "photograph" condensation of that report and not the complete report.

Jehovah will be the one putting into their hearts.. The signal is nations will surrender their power to the UN.. Other than that, lets wait and see.

Yes! Plus Thessalonians says that wherever it is that they are SAYING peace and security… not shouting or crying out It could very well be this… BTG etc could happen fairly quickly afterwards and it would be very easy to miss this saying of Peace, we just need to stay very alert and follow the slaves directions.

Malcom Rutherford's picture is from the 1911 Convention Report on page 23. This report had dozens of pictures of those who traveled with CT Russell on the train that year. The selected picture is in the bottom right.

I feel like 92+80 right now.

Weird it's not on What's New, but in general it's easy to go to https://www.jw.org/en/global-communications/ without being on social media, so I don't think it's a big deal. As the page mentions the posts are more for government officials, journalists, and academics.

"After The Fall" is now available in Paperback Edition. As my regular readers know, Amazon can be a pain about this sort of thing; so I'll be waiting a few days for it to filter through the webcrawlers; before I put it up on the blog. I want to thank everyone who left such kind reviews, assuming you're here on the Forum.

Should be on a saturday, so 3rd of october...

Or more work to be done in the ministry.

Monday, June 15 God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son.—John 3:16. In Israel, Atonement Day was observed annually. On that day, the high priest would offer animal sacrifices on behalf of the people. Of course, animal sacrifices could not completely atone for anyone’s sins because animals are inferior to humans. But as long as the repentant Israelites offered the sacrifices that Jehovah required, he was willing to forgive their sins. (Heb. 10:1-4) That arrangement impressed on the minds of the Israelites the seriousness of their sinful state. However, Jehovah had a permanent arrangement in mind for the forgiveness of sins. He arranged for his beloved Son to be “offered once for all time to bear the sins of many.” (Heb. 9:28) Jesus gave “his life as a ransom in exchange for many.”—Matt. 20:28. w25.02 4 ¶9-10

Of course it is... but it's nice to see them speak about P&S verbatim

It looks like they have reached their peace deal which surprisingly includes Lebanon, Israel etc this is a memorandum with more to come https://news.sky.com/story/iran-war-latest-us-reveals-details-of-deal-terms-as-iranian-attack-drones-shot-down-near-strait-of-hormuz-13509565

I wonder what brother Malcolm did after that I could only find his obituary https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/85509011/malcolm_cameron-rutherford

That's the cacao percentage

Bro Herd is your father-in-law?!? 😁