There is such a perfect, mirror symmetry to the story of man's fall and subsequent redemption on the cross. In the garden of Eden there were many trees by which one could eat and live, but only one that would cause you to die. On this side of the fall there are many ways to die and only one way to know life. Adam exited paradise when he decided it would be better to be a god than to trust in God, and all us sons and daughters of Adam may only enter back in when we cease striving in our own power, trying to be our own godlike savior, and trust in Jesus alone for our salvation. Our Tree of Life is the cross and its fruit is the broken body and spilled blood of Jesus. Adam ate and was banished. We eat and are welcomed home.
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. - John 14:6
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