If God is the Tree of Life and if by eating from Him is how one is sustained eternally, then we must conclude that a similar idea rests behind the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. This is in fact what is going on in the Biblical narrative.
“And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.'”
Genesis 2:16-17
God knows what is Good and what is Evil. From their creation Humans were asked to trust Gods judgement in all things by obeying what He deems good and evil. Gods commanded for Humans to eat from all the trees in the Garden including The Tree of Life which was good. In fact all was good except one thing, The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
What this tree represented and the result that eating from it would produce on His creation was the reason that God deemed this tree to be bad.
Here is a quote from the Faithlife Study Bible to help us out.
“This tree was located within Eden- the dwelling place of God and His heavenly host… This particular tree represents a counterpart to the tree of life, which could bestows immortality.”
Faithlife Study Bible: Notes on Genesis 2:17
The true source of eternal life which flows from God is at the heart of the Tree of Life. If the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is to be a counter part to this concept then we can conclude that a false source of eternal life which ends in death from rejecting God is at the heart of this tree.
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Citations:
Faithlife Study Bible. J. D. Barry et al. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2012.
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