06 - The Sabbath Binding on All Men?

Sabbatarians argue that God appointed the sabbath for all mankind, binding its observance upon them as long as time shall last. He did this, so they claim, at creation (Gen. 2:2-3), repeating the same in what they call 'the moral law' at Sinai (Ex. 20:8-11).1 And, of course, we have Christ's statement: 'The sabbath was made for man' (Mark 2:27). From this text sabbatarians argue that the sabbath is binding on all men. All men must keep the sabbath!
But was Christ saying that all men, in all ages, are required to keep the sabbath? Far from it! Rather, Christ was telling the Pharisees that man is more important than the sabbath. After all, man was created before the sabbath. Sabbatarians are, in effect, arguing that man was made for the sabbath!