I see Jesus as a messenger in the sense that Baha'i use the word who taught monotheism. I think that while he may have been born a Jew that he ultimately spoke of a God above YHWH. I see YHWH of the Old Testament as a jealous God (I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents..(Exodus 20:4-5)) who sanctioned slavery (When you buy a male Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, but in the seventh he shall go out a free person, without debt. (Exodus 21:2)) and genocide (Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ***.(1 Samuel 15:3)) compared to Jesus's teachings on pacifism (Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9), You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also (Matthew 5:38-39) and But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. (Luke 6:27-28)).
I think Marcion was on the right track. I also don't think it's necessary to solely focus on Jesus. I think there are many other valid spiritual texts (Upanishads, Tao Te Ching, Gnostic gospels) and teachers such as Mani, Siddhartha, Adi Shankara and Lao Tzu who were just as enlightened as Jesus.
I see the resurrection as a focus as beside the point. It seems like a distraction to me.
As for the afterlife, I believe in the transmigration of the soul (reincarnation). I think that once we die if the person is not spiritually purified or spiritually ignorant then the body is discarded and the soul takes on another body until one breaks the cycle of samsara (birth and death) through attaining what the Siddhartha called "Enlightenment", a certain awareness.
