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In June 1952 The Watchtower said those destroyed at Sodom and Gomorrah are 'eternally “cut off”' and that 'by no wresting of scripture can this be made to mean a future resurrection'.

Claim ID claim-doctrine-sodom-1952-no-resurrectionConcerns 1 June 1952Explicit statement
Explicit statement · 1 June 1952 Verified

In June 1952 The Watchtower said those destroyed at Sodom and Gomorrah are 'eternally “cut off”' and that 'by no wresting of scripture can this be made to mean a future resurrection'. The Watchtower, 1 June 1952

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The Watchtower, ““Get Out of Her, My People””

1 June 1952 · pp.333-340 · pars. 8-9 (pp. 335-336) · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“those destroyed by God at Sodom and Gomorrah are eternally “cut off”. … By no wresting of scripture can this be made to mean a future resurrection for slain of the Lord. … If those slain by the Lord at Sodom have no resurrection, then those slain by him at Armageddon will have none, for the former pictures the latter.”

Argues from Jude 7 and 2 Peter 2 that Sodom's destruction was final and that it pictures Armageddon.

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Confidence note. Opened on wol.jw.org; wording confirmed; the page markers place pars. 8-9 on p. 336 (the brief's 'p. 338' is not what the markers show).

Corroborated by. src-w-1965-0801-qfr-sodom

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-w-1952-0601-get-out-of-her-sodom

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