Nothing new under the sun!
King Solomon wrote; “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9). False prophets and teachers have always been around especially when it comes to fleecing the sheep of their hard earned dollars. In these last days they are multiplying and becoming an infestation within the wider Body of Messiah. Both Peter and Jude in their epistles describe the character of these wolves in sheep’s clothing that prey upon God’s flock.
Greedy shepherds with voracious appetites
Peter describes them as experts in greed-an accursed brood who have left the straight way, and wondered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness. Balaam was a false prophet who prophesied for money (2 Peter 2:14b-15).