Paul (probably) is calling on the people to remember Moses, and all of the Israelites who followed Moses into the desert.. Warning them that if they don't do what God asks them to do, they can't enter into the promised land. The allegory is about our promised land--heaven.
In verse 7b-8a, he says, "…Today if you will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts…"
In verse 13 he says, "But exhort one another daily, while it is call Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin."
In verse 15a, "While it is said, Today if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts…"
Notice that in all three verses, God equates refusal to respond today with a hardened heart. A hardened heart says, "Tomorrow," "Later," or "Not now." The Bible says that God will not always call you. That is scary.
You have probably heard that still small voice of God calling you. The response is critical. You must respond today.
The most horrible passage in the Bible to me is the passage in Romans 1: 28a "And even as they did not like to retain God (God's voice) in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind…"
He has a plan for you. It involves a response. Today. You don't have any Biblical assurance that God will always strive with you. "God gave them over…" The most horrible passage in the Bible.
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