In the book of Exodus in the Bible, God rescues the enslaved Israelites from their Egyptian captors. King Ramses II is the reigning Pharaoh of Egypt and after witnessing God’s mighty displays of power through a series of ten plagues, Ramses reluctantly allows the Hebrews to leave. Ramses’ decision lasts about a couple of hours, maximum. Ramses sends the Egyptian army after the Israelites, in the hopes of slaughtering them all. The Hebrews are trapped. Pharaoh’s army behind them, the Red Sea in front of them. Death by sword or drowning, neither choice palatable. God parts the Red Sea, allowing just the Israelites to make it to safety, and then…