The resurrection speaks to mans fear of death, it says we can overcome death.
What is interesting is in the oldest gospels, it simply didn't happen, we leave Jesus on the cross, dead...
It seems to be something added later.
This seems to be what man does to all spiritual figures, create something outlandish to prove he is special.
Just more imaginings that serve no purpose in reality.
Again, "Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it."
It is in letting go of all that can die that we see what is truly alive.
That which remains was never born, so is not subject to death.
To give the Christians the benefit of the doubt - rather than accusing them of simply preying on the fear and gullibility of the masses - I see the crucifixion and resurrection as purely symbolic of this Bible quote.
Jesus suffered on the cross because he wanted to live, thus saying "why hast thou forsaken me", but once he sees the point, that he is not the body, suddenly his tone changes, now he says "in your hands I commit my spirit". He has accepted death of the body, for what he is cannot die.
This is the true moment of his enlightenment.
We too must find within ourselves that which doesn't die, that is salvation.
Yet, it doesn't die because it isn't alive, it is the source of life yet non-existent in the manifest world.
This is why the religions can't agree, there are a million ways to come to this.
Yet nothing can be said directly about it, for there is nothing there to speak of.
It is just empty, void, no-thing-ness.
Yet upon returning to the world, there is a new vitality.
