Thank you for the question on Adam and Eve, “What is the deep meaning of Adam and Eve eating the fruit of knowledge?”
Here are some thoughts for one’s consideration of the broader or deeper meaning of Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit:
A. When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they lost their oneness and began to see each other with their own faults. Blame was the new game.
B. When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they didn’t understand the physical and impact their action had toward God and others, only later. The eating of the forbidden fruit didn’t seem to change a lot, but with the death of Abel by Cain, they began to understand physical death.
C. When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they didn’t understand their disobedience would lead to their son’s disobedience of failing to heed God’s warning to him. They saw the death of the first animal and the death of their own son, Abel.
D. When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they didn’t understand their relationship with God changed forever. They became separated from God.
E. When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they didn’t understand the profound affect on humanity and their need of redemption.
SUMMARY: Adam and Eve’s disobedience became the model of disobedience for succeeding generations. Choices can have deadly consequences in the present and into eternity.