1. What is the voice of God?
There are many misconceptions around it, for instance, that only some, like prophets, hear this voice. The voice of God began to be heard when there was no human life on earth (Genesis 1). It is not necessarily people-related; it is there everywhere. Even though God does not audibly speak to a person directly, we have heard His voice.

God’s voice appeared to His people in the Old Testament. However, they were filled with fear when He did so. Later, commentators mentioned that the voice of God in the text of the scriptures is not about the verbal aspect, but it was the noun aspect (His name).

What is the voice of God then? It is the voice that establishes Jesus Christ’s sonship - the life given to man to have a relationship with Him. The voice of God is the combination of meditating on the Lord day and night and listening to the teaching from the people sent by God.

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2. Is COVID-19 a sign of the end times?

COVID-19 is not the “sign of the end times”. Many are cashing on this idea that has little to no precedence in the Scriptures.
The most significant signs of the end-times are not famine, war, earthquakes, or coronavirus, as the standard approach to interpreting Matthew 24 would suggest. This conceptual disconnect is simply because of the lack of awareness of the apocalyptic genre of the Apostles, who spoke in their Greco-Roman cultural milieu.
The end times have already begun as in Hebrews 1:2 - “in these last days has spoken to us by a Son...”, in the incarnation of the Lord Jesus and extends up to His second appearance where He will appear without reference to sin to those who eagerly wait for him for salvation (Hebrews 9:28).

The most significant sign of the end-times is, as Jesus said, “...the sign of the prophet Jonah” (Matthew. 12:39) which is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ and faith in this holy act of Yahweh in sending His Son for our sins.

Let us focus all our faith and its proclamations. As Paul would say, “For I decided not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified” - 1 Corinthians. 2:2.

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3. Amidst the current situation of the pandemic, with restrictions still in place, is it acceptable to partake in the Lord's table virtually?

Partaking of the Lord's table in the luxury and convenience of our homes through an app during this lock-down situation is a debate. Surprisingly, a topic of discussion for some today.

Consider the first-century church where persecution was the greatest lock-down of all times - Paul calls it 'suffering'; Peter 'fiery trials', and James 'tests'. Persecution was at the heart of the first-century saints, and death was inevitable. And it is during these trying times of persecution and apostasy that the writer of Hebrews says, "not forsaking our assembly together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the day drawing nigh" (Heb. 10:25, NASB). Paul also exhorts in 1 Cor. 11 that when the believers gather as a church, they ought to partake of the Lord's table in such and such manner (key words being - assembly, gathering in this context). 

The scriptures are crystal clear with regards to this question. In the gathering of the saints, one should participate in the Lord's table and not otherwise. All other reasons are man-made and have nothing to do with scriptures. We could go a step further to say that all these reasons to stay at home and partake of the Lord's table seem to be symptomatic of apostasy and not spirituality. 

Marana-tha! (1 Cor. 16:22)

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4. "The Old Testament speaks about a God of judgement, but the New Testament speaks of a God of grace". Does this statement hold true? 

The Old Testament and New Testament are not two separate bodies of literature, but the product of one Author with one salvation plan revealed from Genesis to Revelation in Christ Jesus.
Even the slightest hint to forgo OT laws, ethics and values from and in relation to the NT is a step backwards from the ultimate goal explained in Mat. 5, where Jesus explicitly states, "I have come to fulfil the law and the prophets and not to abolish them."

In our post-modern culture, there is a strong tendency to depict the OT God as a "Monster God" and the NT God as a "Loving God". Hence, the decisive attack on the Penal Substitutionary model of Atonement. These kinds of thinking are extremely foreign to the entire history of the OT prophets, kings, seers, scribes, second temple period literature, the Qumran community, Jesus, the apostles and everyone in between. The wealth of ancient witnesses praise the God of our fathers in the OT - Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob for His love and mercy and respects His judgment on the ungodly, as does the NT in 2 Thess. 2:8 (and various other passages).
Grace is not the abolishment of the law but the keeping of it. Do we need to interpret the OT laws? Surely. But it has to be done knowing that it is "profitable for teaching, for reproof, correction and training in righteousness, that the man of God may be equipped for every good work."