Amazing. I thought your first link here might be trite when I first started reading it, but it is not.
Let me start here. I will confess this because for one thing I have always been a humble man and not afraid to admit my failings. For another I LOVE the subject of interpretation of dreams, and anything having to do with it that is of quality will draw my attention instantly.
I HAD one of these "marriages" for about three years. There was a break in between of about a year and a half, but it was clearly of this nature. I believe it happened because of two reasons. She I believe had a part of her that truly loved God, but she also had a very powerful demon in her that among other things was very seductive and drew me in. And that demon did indeed threaten my real life marriage. I was smitten out of my socks for this woman. The other reason was because I was lonely in my spiritual life. I was just discovering my spiritual gifts and excited to meet her, because she shared my interests and also appeared to receive from God, and we got along extremely well and made each other laugh a lot. So it filled a void that my real life marriage was not filling for me spiritually, and my spiritual life is what I live for, completely.
To make a long story short, I was oblivious to the fact that the demon was actually the one driving the relationship until just recently, and have since renounced the sexual and passionate sides of my relationship with her. But the thing is, I still consider this sister to be a very good friend. I care about her, but as a sister in the Lord Jesus Christ, so simply distancing myself from her doesn't seem to be the "answer" in Christ, especially now that I am in a place where I could truly help her instead of being sucked in by that spirit again.
But let me say something else. During this time I also had a "partnership" going with another sister in dream ministry, and it was NOTHING like the previous relationship. It was purely business, but we did greatly enjoy working with each other, and it was most certainly a "marriage" of sorts in that we worked together night and day for more than a year, and received some of the most ASTOUNDING revelations from God through dreams and interpretation that you could imagine. Looking back I am just stunned at what we did now.
But that relationship just ended for reasons that would be too lengthy to explain. In short, the enemy freaked her out so badly as a result of engaging in spiritual warfare that she just titled mentally on me and decided she wanted no more part of prophetic dream ministry for awhile.
This is why I find the subject tremendously interesting. I believe there can be partnerships where the imagery of marriage is used in a clean way, but I also believe that spirits can get involved and turn what God might have wanted to be clean into something dirty and perverted, and only the Spirit of God will be able to sort it out.
Your thoughts are welcome, as I am thankful for the links. Very thought-provoking.
Blessings in Christ Jesus our Lord,
Hidden In Him