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One other thought. You said that sabbaths aren't even mentioned in Galatians! That omissions says volumes. The main topic is the Law of Moses, which Paul says that the Gentiles are not required to keep. If keeping the Sabbath had the importance you believe, then why didn't Paul add it to as caveat. A kind of "you are free from the Law, except for the Sabbath, which you must keep."

Also, the Sabbath wasn't kept in the Old Testament until the Manna fell in the wilderness. The day the Manna fell, the Sabbath was instituted. I do not believe that you have instances of the patriachs keeping the Sabbath. You don't see Israel in the land of Egypt keeping the Sabbath. It isn't until they are free from Egypt that the Sabbath is instituted, and again only after the Manna fell.

We are not talking about keeping any law. When a Christian allows the Lord to work in their lives the natural result is that their actions and thoughts will conform more and more closely to the 10 commanndments. That's what Paul said about the law. Paul never said that the law was bad, to the contrary, it should be written in our hearts.

God created the Sabbath at the creation of our world. The keeping of the Sabbath, as you just pointed out, predated the Mosaic covenent.