Mark 2 & TCR 301

Occasionally, especially while reading through the Spiritual Diary, a passage does not just jump out from the page.  The ideas presented do, but they are somewhat disjointed and hard to pull out.  Today is one of those days.  Thankfully, in reading from the New Testament, this did, and an explanation from the True Christian Religion:

Mark 2:27-28
Then he said to them,
"The Sabbath was made for man,
not man for the Sabbath.
So the Son of Man is Lord
even of the Sabbath."

TCR 301
Among the Children of Israel the Sabbath was the holiest of observances,
because it represented the Lord.
The six days represented the Lord's toils and battles against the hells,
the seventh His victory over them, and so rest.
Since that day represented
the completion of the Lord's whole act of redemption,
it was for that reason the height of holiness.
When, however, the Lord came into the world,
so that representations of Him ceased,
that day became a day for instruction in Divine matters,
and also a day of rest from work,
for meditation about matters conducive to salvation and everlasting life,
and a day for love towards the neighbor.
Its being a day for instruction in Divine matters is plain from the fact
that the Lord taught in the Temple and in synagogues on that day . . ..
It follows from His saying this
that that day [the Sabbath] was to represent Him.