Nehemiah 13:15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
Many persons among the remnant are now keeping the Sabbath like persons keep Sunday, because the views, and perspectives held by the majority in the Christian world as it pertains to Sunday have indeed invaded our minds and practice. Many Christians who observe Sunday would attend church service in the morning but in the afternoon, many go to movies, games or do secular work.
Thus, Sunday keeping for many persons consists of part church service and part secular activity. That model has also been adopted by some in our churches, for they attend services in the morning, but are missing in action in the evening. But here’s just a gentle reminder that it’s the entire Sabbath day that is holy, and all secular works and activities should be suspended during the sacred hours.
If some churches remain closed because of the pandemic, individual church members can, and should do some missionary work in their neck of the woods. Some can offer to study the Bible with neighbors or friends, others can distribute religious material to the public, some can do street evangelism with a bull horn, while others can visit the sick and shut in. But whatever is done, secular activities on Sabbath afternoon is nowhere to be found in the scriptures.
Exodus 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work. 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!