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This made the Egyptian army invincible. It was the symbol of their strength. There is however one form of terrain in which the horse-drawn chariot is a source not of strength but of weakness, namely an uncovered, saturated sea-bed. The Israelites, traveling on foot, were able to walk across, but the Egyptians, pursuing after them in their chariots, found that \u201cthe wheels of their chariots were unfastened and drove with difficulty\u201d (Ex. 14:25). They became stuck in the mire, unable to move forward or back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their very obsession with catching up with the Israelites had driven them heedless into danger. By the time they found themselves trapped, they were helpless. As the wind dropped and the waters returned they were caught, defeated not by an army but by their own desire to exercise power over the vulnerable and by their own reliance on military technology. On this reading the significance of the event is not its supernatural quality but something more consequential, an irony that echoes through the centuries: those who trust in weapons of war, perish by weapons of war. Those who worship military technology eventually become its victims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scene of the Israelite refugees, on foot, crossing the sea to safety while the Egyptian army floundered, rendered helpless by the very vehicles that had made them believe they were invulnerable, is unforgettable. The powerful have been rendered powerless while the powerless make their way to freedom. The truth conveyed by that image does not require for its proof a suspension of the laws of nature. It is one of the laws of human nature, forgotten in every generation by those who worship power. Those who see themselves as more than human become less than human. 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