But the joke is that none of that matters one little bit if Christ is not at the centre of it all. For Jesus is a way of life. We need to follow that way. We need to follow all the way from the cross to the emptiness of that tomb in the garden. The message of the Resurrection presents a picture of life in reverse.
Slavery is freedom.
Poverty is wealth. Death is life. It reverses everything that life says is true. Resurrection is a reality. It is not an event that took place two thousand years ago.