A new trailer has arrived for Fox's Exodus: Gods and Kings, a retelling of the Biblical story of Moses from director Ridley Scott starring Christian Bale.

The trailer frames the story as a true action epic, with Moses and Ramses' sibling rivalry forming the foundation upon which godly prophecies, plagues, intense sword battles, flaming arrows and parting seas are all laid upon. There's a reason Gladiator is the film name-dropped along with Scott's name in the trailer. You can check out the parting of the Red Sea as depicted with modern-day computer graphics in the video below.

Opening Dec. 12, Exodus: Gods and Kings also stars Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul, John Turturro, Ben Kingsley and Sigourney Weaver.