<p>1:8- see on Zech. 3:1,2.</p><p><i>Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries</i>- The authority rejected by the false prophets was that of the true prophets, who were speaking God's word in truth. They were &quot;dreamers&quot; in that they claimed to have had Divine revelation in dreams. But their message was awful- the paradox of 'defiling the flesh' is used, a kind of tautology to express how bad they were. The parallel in 2 Pet. 2:10 see note there suggests that the &quot;dignitaries&quot; they slandered were local civil authorities, and the example quoted in :9 concerns these too. It would seem that the immorality these false teachers were advocating was so gross that it was even against the local laws. This is how far we can go if we accept the false idea that we are saved whatever our future behaviour; and that God is not a God of judgment. This is the power of ideas; we cannot assume these issues are merely academic. What happened to the 'Christians' to whom Jude wrote is a prime example of where the power of wrong ideas can lead.</p>