Taking Stock of the Shabbat Question

It's 9:06 AM on Saturday morning and I am giving myself until noon to take stock of "The Shabbat Question," which is actually a series of questions. This is how it starts:

Q1. Does "The Shabbat Question" belong under my Spiritual Direction Area of Responsibility?

A1. Yes.

Q2. Is God calling or commanding me to observe Shabbat?

A2. This is an active area of discernment. I've been chipping away at it since I had a "Moses at the Burning Bush" religious experience in June of 2012. My schizoaffective disorder and history of cannabis use are complicating factors.

Q3. What thoughts are leading me to consider that God might NOT be calling or commanding me to observe Shabbat?

A3. Well, at a root level, there is a possibility that Richard Dawkins and the new atheists are right about The God Delusion. In this case, what I now take to be God could be a psychological projection born out of existential anxiety about death, uncertainty, and the unknown (cf. God: Psychological Projection or Real, External Being? | The Catholic Thing). Alternatively, God may be real, but not identical to the Hashem of the Tanakh, the Jesus of the New Testament, or the Allah of the Quran. God as depicted by any religion could be an imperfect image at best, and the idea that the true God in objective reality is commanding me to observe the Sabbath could be a delusion or a superstition. Then again, observant Jews may have it exactly right. According to the vast majority of religious Jewish authorities, Gentiles are not obligated or commanded by God to keep the Sabbath. Indeed, many rabbinic authorities teach that Gentiles are forbidden to keep Shabbat, at least until the Messianic Age. Then, according to Google Gemini AI:

In the Messianic Age, the prevailing Jewish perspective, supported by some interpretations of Isaiah 66:23, suggests that all nations, including Gentiles, will observe the Sabbath. This aligns with the concept of the nations recognizing and honoring God, and the Sabbath is seen as a sign of God's covenant and creation. However, the extent and manner of Gentile Sabbath observance may vary, with some emphasizing a full, traditional observance, while others focus on a more general recognition of the day as holy. 

Isaiah 66:23 is a fitting Scripture for this first day of Av 5785, which is both a New Moon and a Sabbath: "From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me,” says the LORD."

Q4. What if the Messianic Age has already begun?

A4. This requires me to take a fresh look at Isaiah 66 from Jewish and Christian perspectives. Perhaps next week. Now it is 1:53 PM and I need to read this week's Torah portion and consult several associated commentaries.