Quote from article: “God built the marital relationship to reflect the relationship between Christ and his
church.”
This is incorrect. This has nothing to do with the church- it is all about God’s “image” and His plan to inhabit His creation that He created in His Image so He could dwell within it.
The image is that of the Father who wanted to live with His creation, and “set apart” a portion of His being, which is spirit, for the sole purpose of coming to earth. The Holy (set apart/reserved for a purpose) Spirit is the spiritual ‘offspring’ of the Father. (Alpha-Omega) Because there was no “woman” involved with providing this ‘offspring,’ the Holy Spirit was never considered separate but was a sole action of the Father, and still Him.
His spiritual offspring was the part of Him that entered Jesus, who then became a “born son” of God, through which He achieves access to those He loves.