The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

843. Mentoree—The student or prodigy of a mentor. 844. Mentor Manipulation—Negative behavior, conduct, and attitudes that mistreat a mentoree by one trusted with their professional development and grooming. Misuse of mentor authority to the personal advantage of the tutor that damages, or subverts, their training and preparation. Extreme hardship, abuse, neglect, or oppression applied by a mentor to a learner in the guise of preparatory enrichment. Servitude demanded by one expected to equip another for future service that is unrealistic and unreasonable in comparison to its potential rewards and future opportunities. See Manipulation. 845. Meonenim—Exemplified in Judges 9:37, this word refers to a sorcerer, a soothsayer, or a wizard. Specifically, it speaks to their work as conduits and conjurers of familiar spirits. See also Deuteronomy 18:10,14; 2 Kings 21:6; Micah 5:12. 846. Merodach—Marduk, the name of the Akkadian god after whom Nimrod patterned himself in the religions he pandered among the ancient Babylonians. See Babylonian Religions. 847. Mesopotamia—A) The land between two rivers. B) Area of the Fertile Crescent. 848. Message, Messenger—A) Communication from one person delivered by another. B) A piece of mail. C) A signal sent as a sign of something to happen. D) A verbal or written communication. In Bible times, messages were delivered verbally more than in writing. To relate this word to the prophetic, its messages are relayed by God to the prophet usually directly. Long before writing, people heard from spirit beings audibly and were sent to deliver what they heard to their community, explaining why Scripture never had to explain the ministry of the prophet, only its character. A fact that says how old the institution of the prophetic is and why it has been necessary since the beginning of time. The messaging centers, agents, and systems go way back and give the best foundation for prophetic teaching and training. Learners better understand the prophetic when they comprehend its earthly counterpart—communications; that is, the preparation, delivery, and receipt of a message from one party to another. Messengers, messages, and their transmission as employed in early civilizations pragmatically exemplify prophetic ministry. When writing came along, messages were then written down and sent by others to distant places in the same region or to far away lands. Postal centers eventually developed to receive and dispatch messages that royals, nobles, political and military rulers, temple priests, and