Forge Server not running [1.12.2]

[xDepth]

When I try to run the forge .jar file, I get this error in cmd prompt, and don't know what to do. 
 

The forge.jar is forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2854-universal.jar, just renamed.

C:\Forge Server>java -Xmx16384M -Xms16384M -jar forge.jar nogui
A problem occurred running the Server launcher.java.lang.reflect.InvocationTarge
tException
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.ServerLaunchWrapper.run(ServerLaunc
hWrapper.java:70)
        at net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.ServerLaunchWrapper.main(ServerLaun
chWrapper.java:34)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/logging/log4j/Level
        at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.launch(Launch.java:94)
        at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.main(Launch.java:28)
        ... 6 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.logging.log4j.Level
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        ... 8 more

C:\Forge Server>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

Edited June 20, 2020 by xDepth

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