A biblical scholar and exegete has recently pointed to the striking parallel between the fall of our first parents and one of the resurrection accounts. In Gen. 3:7, it says “And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew . . .” In Luke 24:31, it says, “And their eyes were opened, and they knew . . .”
Knew what? In the first instance, they knew that they were naked, and they were ashamed. In the second instance, they knew that Jesus was risen, and they were overjoyed.
We have learned before from Scripture that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was a tree that represented maturity, and preparation for judgment rule. It was not a tree that represented moral consciousness, as though Adam and Eve were amoral before this. It was withheld from them because they needed to pass this test before they were ready for the regal authority that God was going to bestow on them. But they fell into sin and impotence, and so God had to send His Son the Messiah in order to correct the dislocations we had introduced into His plan. But when Jesus was raised, everything that was out of joint was put back where it belonged.
We know that through the gospel the tree of life is restored to us. But we should also know that through the very same gospel, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is restored to us—our maturities and infantilism overcome. Christ is both trees, and when we come here to partake of Him, we are partaking of His kingly maturity. When we partake in true evangelical faith, our eyes are opened, and we know. So come, and welcome, to Jesus Christ.