In the new covenant, it is not the commandment to keep the Sabbath that is reiterated, but the lesson of the Sabbath. The Jews were to learn that productivity on their part was not the key to well being. Once a week they were to deliberately stop being productive, precisely so that they could recognize that everything came from God rather than their own efforts. What you do with your week is something you have to decide before the Lord. The lesson we must not fail to learn is that the key to our well being is not our productivity but dependence on God who is both creator and redeemer.
Creation Completed Think about that for a moment.
The God with whom we are in covenant and before whom we worship is the same God who created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. If our Lord gets everything done he sets himself to do, and if he is determined to mature us, then it is not up to us to seize every opportunity, be always on guard, and always afraid that something will pass us by and we shall lose out. He needed a second one in order to have conversations with people. The emphasis is that the outcome depends on our actions, and all will fail unless you hustle. As soon as they have categorized you or used you to their advantage they go to the next person.