Is this a server or your client?
If it's a client, please read the "Logs" section of my signature and provide whichever logs you can that are listed there.
Where did you get the idea that Forge was incompatible with versions past 8u111?
Forge for 1.12.2 and earlier require Java 8 specifically, but should work with any update within Java 8.
Forge for 1.13.2, to my knowledge, only works with Java 8 or 10, not 9.
It's still available on the JDK download page, just scroll down a bit.
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index-jsp-138363.html#javasejdk