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JWB May 2026 transcript

It’s true my brother. The sufferings are increasing and magnified each day among the friends I know. I feel like the start of the GT will be a relief because at least we’ll know for sure the time is super short until A day.

I'm pretty sure it won't have any thing to do with Star Wars....

Lightsaber welding pioneers, Romulan witnesses... What next? 😂

I have to say, it wont hurt my feelings. When this is discussed to any depth, i start with the tears. But, whatever. We can trust jehovahʼs organization to handle it in the best way possible. We still have to somehow suffer through John the Baptist, and his untimely end. i canʼt fathom it. We know Jesus was and is real, but, he is so much more real, now. Somehow, we shall. But with what we have been given so far, i know it will be handled in the most discreet way possible. Jehovah will not give us more then we can bear. This I know. (Now we can read the gospels, and really picture whaŕt we are reading.)

Exactly why no one needs take it too personally. Let those who prefer not to watch not judge those watching, and let those who would rather devour avidly now not look down on those who prefer to wait till the convention. For each of us will render an account for himself.

We've all read the book anyway

I’ve been paying attention to the evolving situation regarding the cruise boat and the Hantavirus onboard… WHO has now confirmed today that it is in fact the Andes Virus, which isn’t good news at all Sadly some have died, and today someone who departed the boat previously presented at their GP in Zurich with symptoms and has been hospitalised 😪 It’s a rapidly changing situation and all news outlets are reporting on it… I’m not sure that the world has learnt anything from Covid etc let’s hope that they do get control of this but I’m not holding out much hope 🤷‍♀️ Yet another sign of scripture being fulfilled as we hurtle towards the end of this system.

The song moved me to tears ❤️ Considering the 'Father-talk': I have always felt it slightly dissatisfying 'only' to be Jehovah's friend, and not be his child. I remember someone corrected me (chatting after a meeting) when I thought I was also one of God's children. Jody Jedele made me really feel that I am in Jehovah's family, not "just friends". We are His children. And since Jesus is the 'last Adam', taking the first Adam's place, he is our Eternal Father (Isa 9:6).

Maybe something about a new Medical Card? Blood issue. What if it could be digital? On our phones, connected to our jw app.

I used AI to put myself in ancient Jerusalem and it did a pretty good job except gave me a few more wrinkles than I really have...lol

Ohh I have thoughts. They would get slammed on the forum, and I just cant handle the mental battle of explaining myself. I will say this. Im a life long witness. My parents and grandparents were witnesses. Ive delt in a very real way with demons in the past. Never been involved in the occult. At all ! And I have a different view than most of my fellow witnesses when it comes to aliens. They are real. They are demons. Its as easy as that. Many people understanding may be different than mine. Thats ok. I know my life. Lol If ever there is some sort of Alien disclosure. While everyone freaks out , I would be like. MmmmmmmHmmmmnnn😂😂😂😂😂😅

You know that feeling that we’re losing the strength to keep fighting because of so many bad things happening? But then comes that sense of relief in knowing that Jehovah is taking care of everything. And we pray for the Kingdom to come soon, because it’s becoming very hard to endure.

I need new glasses, I thought you said Romulan...

Here is the second sentence in his talk. The section is titled...Are there only Anointed Christian in the spiritual temple?... "Here’s a question: True or false? Since in Bible times the temple arrangement was closely connected with the priests, today the ones in the spiritual temple are only the anointed Christians. Answer: false." A later section is entitled...Who serves in the spiritual temple?... "Next point: Do only the anointed serve in the spiritual temple? What do you think? No. The great crowd also serve in the temple. They are shown in vision at Revelation 7:15 as “rendering him [holy] service day and night [and then it says] in his temple.” So, what does that mean? They are included in this arrangement of worship. Revelation 7:15 says literally: “That is why they are before the throne of God, and they are rendering him sacred service day and night in his temple.” So the great crowd is “in [the] temple.” Then it continues: “And the One seated on the throne will spread his tent over them.” They do not need to be in heaven in order to be in his temple." We have not yet received any of the material from the 2025 Annual Meeting in print form in the Watchtower. So it can't be listed in the 'beliefs clarified' section of the Index. We have received the July 2026 Watchtower already so keep an eye peeled for August or September issues...♥️ NOTE: you can always go back over the printed transcript (or watch the video again). I have done both 3 times.

"All pioneers may now carry lightsabers in the ministry." Going to watch it this Friday with some other single sisters.

We had the Branch visit on the weekend, and a Brother said that episodes 9 and 10 are being filmed correctly.

If they are all 1 hour videos, I suspect we will only get 2 per year. We got 3 this year but Episode 5 is only about 30 minutes. I only hope that I will see them all in my lifetime and that's going to take some doing.

This is the main part of our rear garden: There's a lot of maintenance required, and my wife does the greater part. She was still using a chainsaw at 81

Different characters, different stories. You can probably film them around each other. My thing is: What happens at the end of the Gospels? Jesus death is almost his defining moment, and it's brutal to watch. They're putting out advisories about the scenes with demon possessed people, and they got complaints about the 'fall of Jerusalem' being too graphic. It's possible they won't show the 'impalement' episodes at the convention.

Maybe something about chocolate.

I am so happy that we can watch them ahead of time. Our conventions are not until August and it’s very hard to hear all the exciting scenes. I have no problem watching them again and again and I found viewing them at your convention is a different experience. It hits differently because of the way the audience reacts. I pick up things that somehow I missed when watching them the first time. For me, it helps me look forward even more to convention. Now fair disclosure, my husband assists in video dept so he has to watch the convention ahead of time to get anything out of the convention, which is how I was able to watch a little early. I didn’t feel any disappointment whatsoever when watching it again at convention. Loved to see the audience reaction at certain scenes.

There’s also the built-in support option in the scheduler (bottom left in the menu). However, after updates, we can’t always answer all questions immediately, as we first need to review changes ourselves and identify workarounds. Appreciation for volunteers: The helpers do their very best alongside preaching, congregation, family, and job obligations. We shouldn't forget that. The developers also work on this voluntarily. My tip from experience: Be cautious after major updates (e.g., 7.9 to 8.0 or 8.0 to 8.1) – these often cause the most issues. It's sometimes good to wait even a week before updating. Always follow the update instructions precisely. Often, an impatient elder without full permissions clicks "update" too early. I'd suggest an admin feature to lock updates congregation-wide until approved. We now coordinate via chat group; others install only after my go-ahead – this succeeds 95% of the time and avoids many problems. Jehova is a God of order, not of disorder (1 Corinthians 14:33).

Understand that some may wait. But why label the location of the discussion as a "spoiler". It sounds as if those discussing a perfectly good, well-known, widely distributed video are somehow in the wrong (or pushing an edge) because they didn't wait...(I hear..."like normal witnesses would".). It is going to be the same for all the years to come. After your Monthly Announcements you may have dedicated "showings" in your hall. Are we goin to paste "spoiler" notices on the KH door? My opinion only, but "Spoiler" always makes me feel like I am stretching a boundary or permission while everyone else is being faithful. We we told we can use the early views to get comfortable with the material, be prepared so we are not distracted during the RC presentation, add additional research while we have the additional time and so on. At least some of those things will not be possible for those who deny themselves the opportunity in the 1-4 months before the RC in their area...just saying. Watch the videos at your pleasure, just stop pointing to me as a "spoiler"...Thank you...♥️

I know a brother who knows him. Seems pride got the better of him. Pride can get the better of even angels after all 🤨

There is your answer. Jehovah would not allow it. Theref6, it's not worth worrying about. The theory assumes time travel to the past is possible. This is yet another limiting factor to the theory. Why worry about something that is likely not even possible. Further, knowing what we know about the future, what would the moral implications be? Why would someone from the new system willingly choose to come to the past and expose themselves to Satan's sick and twisted world? What would the moral implications be of seeking to immerse oneself into the filth of this system? Why bother traveling back in time when everyone from those past events has been resurrected? Want to meet Einstein or Gengis Khan or Noah? Just go next door and say hi. Yes, I know seeing the historical events is an attraction, but is that really worth all the effort? People who propose such theories have no knowledge about Jehovah, his Kingdom, his purpose for the Earth, or what the immediate future holds.

I don't know anything about a reptilian race, but there are a lot of cold blooded people that speak with a forked tongue...

Thanks Matt, The moderators will do our best to keep this as the NW Publisher topic and the other as the Baruch topic. It can be found here, if you are interested in an alternative:

They're using our artwork! 😄🤨 Source: on X today, in reference to Donald Trump's golden statue of himself at his golf club..

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That's a nice clarification that we might see come through in due course. It reminds me of when we were 'reclassified' as domestics. It makes me feel acknowledged as being part of the family. I find it encouraging and heart warming. ❤️

That was mentioned in our former belief of a "spiritual Courtyard of the Gentiles". Continuing from the transcript... 2.6. Courtyard of the Gentiles But the various chambers and courtyards do not all have a symbolic meaning. For example, in Herod’s temple, there was a courtyard of the Gentiles. In Solomon’s nor in Zerubbabel’s temples there was not such a courtyard. Anyone could enter the Court of Gentiles in Herod’s temple. The Watchtower of 2002, May 1, page 30, gives five reasons why there is not “a spiritual equivalent, or an antitype, of the Court of Gentiles that existed in Jesus’ day.” It said: “Not all features of Herod’s temple have an antitype in Jehovah’s great spiritual temple.” But as the heavenly elder said to John, the great crowd really is in the temple, not outside the temple area in a kind of spiritual Court of the Gentiles.” 2.10. Application of temple depends on context …we all are in the spiritual temple no matter what hope we entertain,

For those of us with bad parents or no parents. I felt that in my heart. My perfect Jehovah has built more confidence in me in the last 3 years since I've returned than the first 40 years of my life with my real one. I've never been more put down and disregarded by my fleshly parents that I'm okay with Jehovah saying I'm a child in some capacity. Not that I'm anointed or anything special. I could be a dirt child for all I care. But Jehovah has showed he loves me more than my real one. I think of Matt 6:31-34, my Heavenly Father has given me everything I need. Mark 10:28,29 is true with that. Malachi 3:10 too. So, I'm okay with it, despite the understanding.

Well if you were in ancient Jerusalem you would: 1. Not have sunglasses. 2. Be squinting much more. 3. Have more wrinkles due to #1 & #2. So AI has it all figured out!!!

The song is lovely !

We won because Jehovah wanted it that way.

I think we would have won anyway. Usually, these court cases are dependent on what happened at the time and not based on what happened later.

Hi everyone, I wanted to share a technical solution we implemented in our Kingdom Hall regarding the internet connection. As you know, the instructions from the organization state that every Hall with internet access should have a Wi-Fi router with a password, which can be given to publishers who need it. A simple and effective solution. In our Hall, however, we went a step further. In addition to the password-protected Wi-Fi for internal use, we set up a second open Wi-Fi network — no password required — but restricted exclusively to jw.org. This means that anyone connecting to this network can browse the organization's website and also download content through the JW Library app, while all other sites and services are automatically blocked. The practical result is that during meetings or study groups, brothers and sisters can connect freely without having to ask for a password, and use both jw.org and JW Library without any restrictions, while the network remains fully protected from inappropriate use. Regarding the internal network, the password-protected Wi-Fi is set as a hidden network — meaning it does not appear in the list of available networks and can only be connected to by manually entering the network name. This adds an extra layer of security for internal use. This solution requires an OPNsense firewall (which can run on an old unused PC or inexpensive dedicated hardware), a managed switch, and a Wi-Fi access point. The setup involves two separate networks: a hidden, password-protected LAN for internal use, and a dedicated VLAN with DNS filtering that allows only jw.org and its CDN subdomains. I want to make it clear that this is not meant as an alternative to the instructions received — those should always be followed. It is simply an additional option for Halls that already have the necessary hardware and want to offer something more convenient and automated for the brothers. In our specific situation, when this solution was presented to the IT department at Bethel, we were told that it fully satisfied the conditions of the instructions — and was actually considered more precise. If anyone is interested in the technical details or would like to know how to replicate this setup, I am happy to share more information. I hope this can be helpful to someone!

If you go back to the 2022 beginning of the Special thread on the announcement of our beginning of filming in Australia, Br Tony (from Australia) said in Mary 2022... Posted May 25, 2022 "To answer some of the above questions. I'm sure it was mentioned in Sydney there are 18 (approx 55min) Episodes. It is a 7.5 year project. " 2022 = 7 1/2 years is 2029. The posting is on top of page 2

For a new publisher, enter the "Date first started preaching" in that field on the publisher's spiritual information page. The program won't expect any reports prior to that date. For a reactivated publisher, put something in the remarks field. This will stop that month's report from showing as missing.

For a new publisher the app wanted a report back to may 2025. I just made a note when brother started activity and for the other dates I just put down in the comments 'not a publisher / no activity'. Seems it got rid of the requesting of other months requested.

Hi, after the update, the field service reports are not arriving; they are not syncing when the brothers report them through the app. any suggetions?

I have to admit I stopped when he ( Bro Jedele ) said that we are his ( Jehovah's )children... We had the understanding before that once we pass the test after the 1000 years then we would be his children, not now in our imperfect state.... Now I'm wondering when did this change..... 🤔🤔

https://jwsyncalpha.tiiny.site Hello friends, First, I want to say a sincere thank you to everyone who has used JW Sync and offered such kind feedback. Because a few of you had some really great ideas for making the tool more useful, I've been quietly tinkering with a few new features. To make sure I don't break the main website that everyone is currently using, I have set up a separate "Alpha" testing link. This is a work-in-progress version where we can test these new ideas together. Here are the new features you can test out: 🤝 Extract & Share (Privacy First) Sometimes you want to share your Regional Convention notes with a friend or spouse, but you don't want to send them your entire backup file with all your personal study notes. Now, you can select specific tags (like "Convention") or a specific date. The tool will safely strip away everything else and create a tiny, shareable backup file containing only those specific notes. Your private notes stay completely private. 📥 Export Your Notes (TXT, CSV, HTML) If you ever wanted to print your notes or back them up on your computer, you can now click "Peek Inside" to view them, and export them into a text document or spreadsheet. It will even include the source (like the Bible book or article) where you took the note. 🏷️ Tag Manager & Auto-Tagging If your tags are a bit messy, you can now use simple drop-down menus to merge them together or rename them. Also, when bringing over a backup from a second device, you can now tell the tool to automatically attach a tag (like "From Old iPad") to all the imported notes so you can easily find them later. 🎨 Bulk Color Changer If you ever decide to change your personal color-coding system (for example, wanting all your "Yellow" highlights to now be "Blue"), there is a new setting that lets you update them all at once, saving you from having to change them one by one in the app. ✨ Deep Clean & Study Stats I added a "Deep Clean" option that quietly sweeps away old, broken "ghost" data to help your JW Library app run a little faster. You'll also notice a new "Stats" button that brings up a simple chart showing your most-used tags and highlight colors. If you would like to help me test these features, you can try the Alpha version here: https://jwsyncalpha.tiiny.site Because this is a test version, please let me know if you run into any bugs or if something doesn't make sense. I've tried to keep the screen as clean and simple as possible so it isn't overwhelming. I hope these new tools might be a small help in your personal study. Agape!

I wonder if this is a clarification of our beliefs and how we view ourselves now, as "other sheep." Jehovah allows us to call him father and we're part of his family of worshippers, but only the anointed have righteousness credited or imputed to them and are adopted as sons of God. They even become, in a spiritual sense, a new creation before their resurrection. Our publications have taught that the other sheep, on the other hand, have a status similar to that of Abraham, so that while anointed Christians are declared righteous "for life," other sheep are declared righteous as friends of God." "See what sort of love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are. That is why the world does not know us, because it has not come to know him." --- 1John 3:1 "Now because you are sons, God has sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, and it cries out: “Abba, Father!" --- Ga. 4:6 Abba: The word literally means “the father” or “O Father” and was an endearing form of address used by a son to a beloved father. Paul used it here and at Ga 4:6, both times in connection with Christians called to be spirit-begotten sons of God. Since they had now been adopted as God’s sons, they could address Jehovah with an expression that a slave could never use of his master unless he had received such an adoption. "and the scripture was fulfilled that says: “Abraham put faith in Jehovah, and it was counted to him as righteousness,” and he came to be called Jehovah’s friend." --- James 2:23 "For the creation* is waiting with eager expectation for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but through the one who subjected it, on the basis of hope that the creation itself will also be set free from enslavement to corruption and have the glorious freedom of the children of God." --- Romans 8:19-21 *creation: All earthly creation has suffered from the effects of mankind’s rebellion in Eden. However, in this context, “creation” apparently refers to the human family, since only humans can be waiting with eager expectation as they express hope of being set free from the effects of sin and death. (Ro 5:12; 8:19)

I don’t understand why you were corrected on that. We also pray to our heavenly Father, not to our heavenly friend, right? I have always been thaught that he is our father! ❤️

https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=share&wtlocale=E&lank=pub-jwb-137_1_VIDEO

Available on the jw website and app.

Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere, but it's a very fair summary of the case: https://bitterwinter.org/jehovahs-witnesses-win-landmark-case-at-the-norwegian-supreme-court/