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From time to time I will get a request to do research for a Brother. These are Brothers in our area that I know and sometimes from well outside our area. There is a mistaken impression that I have access to some special database or some special knowledge. In truth it is neither and and it is something we all have but some may have forgotten about.
Long before JW Library (JWL) and Watchtower Library Online (WOL) there was Watchtower Library DVD (WTL-DVD). In my conversations with some I have learned that many no longer use this resource, the thinking is (and many have actually said it) why do we need it since we have JWL and WOL? Consider if we did not need it Watchtower would not continue to support it and update it. So let's examine why there is still a need for WTL-DVD. 1) WTL-DVD is the internal search engine for Watchtower HQ and Branch. It is the exact same program we use except they have all the publications in it as well as other references. 2) The WTL-DVD is a full install program, when you install it, it installs the entire Watchtower Publication Database. This is not the case with JWL. In JWL the user must choose what publications to install and the more you install in JWL the slower JWL will get. In many lands without reliable Internet, JWL and WOL are not options. If you have to pay a high price for Internet or it is unreliable then the only option is WTL-DVD. It can be downloaded and updated in one file, unlike JWL and an always needed Internet like WOL. 3) Did you also know the "search engine" in WTL-DVD is much different than JWL and there are even differences in WOL. Try this: Do a search of the exact same phrase in JWL; WOL and WTL-DVD, you will get much better results and more exact results in WTL-DVD. There is also an excellent teaching guide built into WTL-DVD to teach you how to properly do a Theocratic search. WTL-DVD also has an excellent save feature that allows you to save searches and publications by topic, content, subject or any other way you may like. Also WTL-DVD has a search within a search. Example: You find the right Watchtower article but don't really want to read the entire article to fine the part you need. Once the article is open, CTRL-F allows you to search that article for one key word or several key words. Once you master that search within a search feature, you can actually search hundreds of articles extremely fast. Another feature in the WTL-DVD not in JWL or WOL (WOL does have a mini version of this, it brings up fewer results.) is a Bible Verse search. In JWL when you have a Bible Passage open, in the Gems pane you can see in the Reference Guide several articles and the same is true in WOL. However in WTL-DVD use the "Bible Navigation" feature, then tap the verse number in the right side pane and the results will be every publication that verse is cited in, some may now be removed, but you will get much more than you can ever use. My ability to find obscure Theocratic information is not a skill I have or something special about me, in fact before JWL and WOL when the only tool we had was the WTL-DVD all of the Friends could look up and research obscure information, like how many people on Earth in Noah's day? About 47,000 is all. There are other gems like that. But JWL search is limited and WOL is still being built and added to. The drawback to WTL-DVD is it will only work on a Windows (Microsoft OS) based device. Watchtower DVD will not run on any type of iPad or iPhone or Android device (It will run on Android with Wine installed however its function will be limited.) So if you are interested in diving in and doing some obscure Theocratic research get back to the first and best JW research tool, the Watchtower Library DVD. https://www.jw.org/en/online-help/watchtower-library/install-watchtower-library/
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The next step is the King of the North must come all the way to its end. The King of the North is an alliance or coalition of
Russia, North Korea, China, Iran and Syria. With the recent collapse of Syria a great deal has changed in the land of the King of the North. We can never fully realize how tied one event is to another. Syria was the major financial backer to Iran. Syria manufactured and supplied mind altering drugs to Iran, Russia, and the 4 major Islamic groups in the middle east. Interestingly the other member nations of the King of the North does not have the ability to mass produce the drugs. These drugs altered the mind so solders could kill without mercy or remorse. The supply is suddenly stopped all across the entire middle east. Syria was supplying Iran with money from these drugs to produce weapons for Russia's war with Ukraine. Also Hezbollah and other groups fighting Israel were being supplied the drugs and money to support their war with Israel. As it turns out, Syria was the financial backer and drug supplier for Iran, Hezbollah, and Russia. This is the reason the US is disregarding their own laws on the group that over threw Assad of Syria, without the money and drugs, Iran and Russia will in time lose their strength. When it is said "come all the way to their end" it does not mean fall as a nation but their ability to wage war or destruction as they now can. This is a most interesting development and one to "keep on the watch". It seems like it can change and happen any day now. |
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