Setting the scene: “Is the LORD among us or not?” (v7; 1-4)

YES!!

Answer 1: Remember the LORD was struck to give life (v5-6)

‘For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ’ (1 Corinthians 10v4)

Answer 2: Remember the LORD is with us through His victorious leader (v8-16)

Therefore, do not harden your heart!