There seem to be differing views of the location where the crossing of the sea occurred. One favored location is The Gulf of Aquaba at Nuweiba which seems to follow the route mentioned in the Bible when Moses led the people out of Egypt. Also, its land bridge under the sea may have allowed it – with the help of God’s angel (see Exodus 14:19-20). One source said that Nuweiba is 780 metres or 2,560 feet deep. Another source said that it is 200 meters or 656 feet deeper than one World Trade Centre is high.
Well, that really changed my early idea of the event – which I had gained from the The Movie “The Exodus – The Ten Commandments” starring Charleton Heston. I had always thought of the waters heaped up maybe 20 – 40 or 60 feet high. But if the Aquaba -Nuweiba was the crossing – this 2,560 feet depth was ever-the-more a-m-a-z-i-n-g. And amazing, too, for 600,000 men plus children to cross Exodus 12:37 – (perhaps 3.5 million people as a commentator suggested), plus flocks and herds and very much cattle.
God sent the EAST WIND, to drive back the sea. Some researchers say that choice of the crossings along the Gulf of Aqaba Nuweiba (as well as some other possible crossings) fail because the laws of physics do not permit any reasonable wind speed to blow dry the bottom of the sea there. So, it looks to me that this is all the more remarkable – if God suspended/overturned the so called laws of wind physics, too, for this event. Is not God Almighty? Mary Baker Eddy writes in Science and Health pg 134:31 “A miracle fulfils God’s law, but does not violate that law.”
The east wind usage occurs throughout the Ten Plagues in the chapter of Exodus, with the Nile river, frogs, lice, flies, etc. to urge Pharaoh to free the people. God used an east wind to bring the locusts, and a west wind to take them away. (Exodus 10:13,19). Science and Health -Glossary pg 597:27 “WIND: That which indicates the might of omnipotence and the movements of God’s spiritual government, encompassing all things. Destruction; anger; mortal passions.” So, true wind is really a spiritual, mental power.” EAST: Ex oriente lux – (Latin, ‘out of the East, light’) from the East comes light. The belief that greater wisdom and deeper spirituality can be found in Eastern religions more than in the materialistic West. Christian Science was founded in the west, and broke that belief. The wisemen came from the east to seek and honor a wisdom higher than theirs. (Science and Health 575:27-29) Mind, the Source/Cause is everywhere.