Exodus 16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which you will bake to day, and seethe that you will seethe; and that which remains over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord: today you shall not find it in the field.
[Patriarchs & Prophets pp 408] Soon after the return into the wilderness, an instance of Sabbath violation occurred, under circumstances that rendered it a case of peculiar guilt. The Lord's announcement that He would disinherit Israel had roused a spirit of rebellion. One of the people, angry at being excluded from Canaan, and determined to show his defiance of God's law, ventured upon the open transgression of the fourth commandment by going out to gather sticks upon the Sabbath.
During the sojourn in the wilderness the kindling of fires upon the seventh day had been strictly prohibited. The prohibition was not to extend to the land of Canaan, where the severity of the climate would often render fires a necessity; but in the wilderness, fire was not needed for warmth. The act of this man was a willful and deliberate violation of the fourth commandment—a sin, not of thoughtlessness or ignorance, but of presumption.
If the sun were to set at midnight, some will still be found rushing at the last minute to enter into God’s haven of rest and therefore whether it be six O’clock or 12:00 midnight when the sun sets the law of God doesn’t change. If one is threatened with firing for not working on the sacred hours, the results should be left in God’s hands. And there are tools and remedies available through our own network, to try and mitigate such instances if the saint in question decides to go that route.
Exodus 16:27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse you to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!