When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory. Our lives are hidden with Christ in God. The resurrection had to have been hidden from sight. For after all the activity and excitement of this day fades, when everyone goes home, the Easter lilies soon shrivel up, the sun sets and turns into quiet night, each one of us is left alone with God to wonder. There are so many things Christians can disagree on and still stay within the fold.
Opinion varies in some churches.
Believe it or not, just one hundred years ago the big issue in the Episcopal Church was whether or not we should be allowed candles on the altar. The resurrection is not an option of our faith it is our faith. Reasonable people can not disagree on this one. The apostle Paul said it to the church in Corinth in plain and simple terms . If Christ didn t rise from the dead, there is no resurrection for anyone.