The intended meaning is that the sabbath is not so unreasonable we cannot physically keep it. So the Sabbath is tailored in a way that humans are able to observe it by their own strength. For example if the Sabbath said your beating heart or each breath you take is "work" then no one is able to keep the Sabbath and the Sabbath is unkeepable. You can argue that the logic of the Sabbath goes to this direction and where that may be true (and Christ fulfills it by resting in the grave over the Sabbath) it is not a requirement to keep the Sabbath according to the law.
Another caveat of this that we quickly dismiss is the Sabbath may be said it is made for man but it may not be inclusive of modern day man. For example when we plug into the power grid (such using using electricity) on the Sabbath we are taking part in a labour-driven system that is being sold to us for a profit both of which are prohibited on the Sabbath. It is possible to disconnect from these systems during the Sabbath but I have never met anyone willing to even admit that it violates it but an honest look would show it indeed violates the letter of the law.
Jesus tells us that doing good on the Sabbath keeps the law and doing evil does not keep the law. So this begs the question that our actions on the Sabbath should be prioritized by how good they are rather than how they avoid work as the latter may in fact be to the diservice of others. But this begs another question why not do good every day in every action? I this we find the secret sauce to the gospel.
Jesus also does tell us to come to him and he will give us rest. Jesus didn't speak English and the word is probably used when he said he will give rest is sabbath (because that's the meaning of the word).
When it boils down it would seem if we do good and seek Christ for his rest we keep the sabbath.
Not really dear friend I see your post here is not based on the scriptures and to me is simply a man-made excuse to break God's 4th commandment which is one of God's 10 commandments that give us the knowledge of what sin is when broken in the new covenant *Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7; 1 John 3:4 and one that uses similar arguments to those who accused Jesus of breaking the Sabbath because he did not conform to their man-made teachings and rules in regard to how they thought the Sabbath of God's 4th commandment was to be kept (see Matthew 12:2; Matthew 12:5; Matthew 12:10; Mark 2:24; Mark 3:2; Luke 6:2; Luke 14:1-3; John 5:10; John 5:16-18; John 9:16; Exodus 20:8-11).
I do not know why you cannot see the similarities of your argument to those who accused Jesus of breaking the Sabbath in the days of Jesus in the scriptures provided above. Let's leave our opinions behind dear friend and discuss what the scriptures actually say and teach, as they are God's Word and the only standard of what truth is and how we are saved according to *John 17:17.
According to the scriptures we see Jesus who is the creator of the Sabbath *John 1:1-4; 14 correcting these Scribes and Pharisees showing from the scriptures that mankind was
not made for the Sabbath according to their rules and regulations in regards to how the Sabbath was to be kept but that the Sabbath was made for man *Mark 2:27 as a "
memorial" of creation and a celebration of God as the creator of Heaven and Earth *Exodus 20:8-11. God's 4th commandment which is one of God's 10 commandments that give us the knowledge of what sin is when broken is very specific as to how it is to be kept.
Exodus 20:8-11 [8], REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY. <Why?> Because God made it Holy for mankind and commands us to keep it as a Holy day) [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: <WHY>[11], For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the SEVENTH DAY: wherefore the LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH, and HALLOWED IT
According to the scriptures the "
seventh day" Sabbath" of God's 4th commandment
defines the Sabbath of God's 4th commandments as "
the seventh day of the week" in Exodus 20:10 which links directly back to it's origin from Genesis 2:1-3.
Jesus is not a Sabbath according to scripture as that interpretation is not biblical and would make Jesus a the "seventh day" of the week" who created himself, blessed himself and made himself a holy day *Genesis 2:1-3. That interpretation does not make much sense does it?
Jesus taught us not only is the Sabbath made for man but that it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath in Matthew 12:1-12. All through time God's people have always kept the "
seventh day" Sabbath of God's 4th commandment as a holy day of rest as a memorial of creation and celebration of God as the creator of Heaven and earth (Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 16:23-26; Leviticus 16:31; Leviticus 24:8; Deuteronomy 5:12; Nehemiah 10:31; Psalms 92:1; Isaiah 56:2-13; Isaiah 66:23; Jeremiah 17:21-27 etc..). This continued, right up to the days of Jesus whose custom and habit was to keep the "
seventh day" Sabbath of God's 4th commandment *Luke 4:16 not to mention all the Apostles who followed the example of Jesus in keeping the "
seventh day" Sabbath of God's 4th commandment even after the death and resurrection of Jesus (Matthew 28:1; Acts of the Apostles 13:14; 13:27; 13:44; 15:21; 16:13; 17:2; 18:4; Revelation 1:10). In fact Jesus already knew that His people would be keeping the Sabbath even after His death and resurrection when he warned his disciples of the coming destruction of Jerusalem in Matthew 24:20.
Let's be honest dear friend. This thread that you agree with shows in the OP that everyone of God's 10 commandments are repeated in the new testament as a requirement for Christian living. Gods' people all through time to this present day have always kept God's 4th commandment seventh day Sabbath of the 10 commandments according to the scriptures. There is not one scripture in all of God's Word that says God's 4th commandment has been abolished and we are now commanded to keep Sunday as a Holy day or rest. Sunday worship is a man-made teaching and tradition that has led many to either knowingly or unknowingly break God's 4th commandment.
According to Jesus in Matthew 15:3-9 if we knowingly follow man-made teachings and traditions that break the commandments of God we are not worshiping God. According to the scriptures God's people are in all the churches living up to all the knowledge that God has revealed to them *John 10:16 and in times of ignorance when we do not know any better God winks at *Acts of the Apostles 17:30-31; James 4:17. According to the scriptures however, when God gives us a knowledge of the truth of His Word and we choose to reject it the scriptures teach us that there remains no more sacrifice for sin for us but a fearful looking forward to of judgement to come *Hebrews 10:26-31.
God is a Spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in truth. The hour is coming and
now is according to the scriptures that the true worshipers must worship Him in Spirit and in truth dear friend. BABYLON has fallen! *Revelation 18:1-5. God is calling his people out where ever they may be from following man-made teachings and traditions back to the pure Word of God.
The question we should all be asking ourselves is who do we believe and follow; God or man?
Hope this helps.
