Literally does say he is our resting sabath. Remember: In galatians, Paul set the boundary for gentiles and Jewish customs at the dispute at Antioch. Even in John 9, the pharisees said Jesus did not hold the Sabbath-He did works in the day on the Sabbath. Not to mention he drank wine(which was against Jewish custom), and he touched the dead(which was against Jewish custom). Also, holding the Sabbath isn't in the ten commandments, not to mention whatever Jesus says is a commandment because he is God. As for Paul continuing to hold on to that custom, same reason for his argument against gentiles not getting circumcised and gentiles circumcising: it is their culture, however it is not required.
Jesus set the example for Christians. He went into church (the synagogue) on the Sabbath as a custom. He did not discard the regulations of the old covenant; he fulfilled them. The early church did not worship on Sunday until Constantine said so in ~321 AD.
Yes he did. How did one enter the old covenant? Through circumcision of the foreskin. In his new covenant, that circumcision became baptism. Again, when Paul and Titus spoke of it(a Jewish custom), Paul clearly defined the unnecessary Jewish custom as not being required. When Paul confronted Peter, again, further defined that the old customs were unnecessary. What Jesus upheld was God's law, and as being our resting sabath(as it clearly states in the verses I brought up) in his death, by our baptism. We go into sabath with him. As he is lord of the sabath. He fulfilled the old covenant, and created a new one with his body and blood.
If you want to be a Christian, you try your best to do as Christ did. The things Christ did from baptism forward (actually from overcoming temptation in the desert) was an example for us. If we are not to keep the Sabbath, Christ would not have set that as an example. If we were not to keep the Sabbath, Paul would not have continued the example for us. The old covenant was not disregarded in favor of a different doctrine, it was fulfilled by Christ. The Sabbath day order was changed from animal sacrifice to worship in spirit and truth.
What you are saying is that the old covenant can be completely ignored because it is a different thing, but it is not. If your doctrine relies on 1 or 2 verses about being saved by grace, you've been mislead. Understanding the Sabbath of the new covenant is the first step in understanding the depth and purpose of the new covenant.
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