Why Is the Resurrection so Important to Christian Faith?

Question: Why is the resurrection so important to Christian faith?
Even now, 2000 years after his death Jesus Christ is followed and looked up to. But perhaps more important than what he said was what he did. His actions were amazing, superhuman even, but eventually led to his crucifixion. It was after his death that Jesus performed his most amazing deed. He was put in his tomb on Friday, on Sunday three female friends went to embalm him... and found him gone. Outside of the tomb the women met a 'gardener' who was in fact Christ, raised from death
"Don't be alarmed," he said. …