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That's a very interesting thought, IMO.
They do love their twisted symbolism...
I believe this is an accurate understanding.
"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible." — 1 Peter 1:23
Adam became the corruptible seed. Jesus perfected himself through his sufferings to become the incorruptible seed, and thru Jesus, we are reborn.
The Book of Enoch tells of two trees, the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life.
As to what and how that bears on todays world I don't know, just putting it out there.
My understanding is that the Tree of Life represents Adam in Perfection. It was a symbol of Adam's potential to be perfected in his nature and his relationship with God.
The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil represents Eve prior to the Fall. Depending on how Eve acted, either Good or Evil would be realized. She was in that pivotal role.
"Garden of Eden" is a symbol for God's pristine perfect creation at which his son and his daughter were the very center. When Adam and Eve were ejected from the Garden, it signifies their ability to interact with the Father in that pristine pure unblemished ideal was no longer accessible by them.
After Adam fell, his path to realize his own perfection was blocked. The cherubim with the sword of truth blocked his way.
However, God sent Jesus to replace Adam and restore the true Adam poostion. Thus, Jesus became the Tree of Life, the True Adam, the Second Adam.
This is what we all aspire to: to be removed from Satan's lineage (you are of your father the devil) and reborn in Christ's true lineage, as children and inheritors of the foundation of the Tree of Life. THis is why we must be reborn. Because through the fall of Adam and Eve, we are all the children of them as false parents.
Only when fully reborn into Christ's lineage (spiritually thru Jesus and the Holy spirit as or true parents, via the Cross, physically at the Second Coming) will we restore our own potential for a perfect relationship with God and perfection of our God-given nature.
"Blessed are those that wash their robes, that they may have the right to the Tree of Life." (Rev)
"To know" in the biblical sense is to "unite with on a sexual level". Eve fell with Lucifer, and came to know Evil, instead of waiting for the right time to "know" Adam under God's blessing, and know Good (realize good). Lucifer tempted Eve while she was still immature. Viewed from this angle Lucifer was the first predatory pedophile.
This way of understanding the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil illuminates a LOT of content in the scripture. Why fornication is such an evil sin, why we must be reborn, what our true destiny is (the destiny our Father is restoring us to) etc. IMO.