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The Past is Prologue 45According to the Holman Bible Dictionary, early Biblicalprophets influenced almost every institution of Israel, despitethe fact that they often were viewed with contempt, locked up,ignored, and persecuted. Prophets formed guilds or schools,and their assistants recorded their words for posterity. 3Biblical prophecy was not limited to men. In the OldTestament book of Judges, we find that a “prophetess”named Deborah provided the Israelite leader Barak with informationabout the military disposition of Sisera, the commanderof the forces of Jabin, the King of Canaan. Sisera’sforces were routed and thus Deborah, using psychic intelligence,played a pivotal role in the conquest of the PromisedLand. She might rightly be called the world’s first military remoteviewer (Judges 4:4–16).Even in the New Testament, prophesy and visions playedan important role as the messianic plan unfolded.St. Paul offered some advice on prophesy that modernpeople might well take to heart. “Do not scoff at those whoprophesy, but test everything that is said to be sure if it is true,and if it is, then accept it,” he wrote to church members inThessalonica (1 Thessalonians 5:20–21).According to the Greek historian Herodotus, KingCroesus desired to learn strategic military information fromthe available prophets and oracles. But he wanted to makesure that their information was correct. So about the year 550B.C., Croesus conducted the first recorded test of psychicabilities. He sent messengers to the top seven oracles of hisday with instructions to approach the oracles exactly 100days after their departure. They were to ask the oracles todescribe what the king was doing on that day.