Right, we are free from the law and observation of rituals and days etc. Even the Sabbath, as Jesus said, was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
But the week was instituted before the law and tells us something about how God made us. Physically, it has been shown that we benefit greatly by resting one day out of seven. (More obvious, of course, is our need for approximately eight hours of sleep per day.) I believe God put man on hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly cycles, not for legalistic, religious reasons, but it seems like that's how he's made us because these are woven into the very creation itself as described in the first chapter of Genesis.
This has all the makings of oppression by trying to do away with the natural weekly cycle and regular rest (followed later most likely with attempting to do away with 24-hour days and regular daily rest).
The Bible predicts all of this in Daniel 7:25 during the very end of the age. So it's coming but, as the guy in the movie, Gladiator says, "Not yet."
Yes, I do see it as just another front in the attack on Christianity in general. And because of the way it is playing out, I am more convinced than ever that we are in those last few years.
Frankly, the verse that says “this generation shall not pass away until all these things come to pass” got me thinking:
1. a generation’s life span, according to the bible seems to very much be roughly 70 years (search biblegateway for it).
2. The 70 years began, arguably, in 1948 (Israel became a nation).
3. The world is coming apart at the seams as an alarmingly increasing rate of speed.
Yep. Any day.
Oh, and the most important part: The bible tells us that nobody but God the father knows the exact day, but we are admonished to recognize the signs that the end is near. It also says that although it will come as a thief in the night, that will not be the case for those of us who believe.