Originally posted by tabibito
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Survey said: "Ask a question without ever actually answering the previous question."
It would seem that at base the repeated violations of the covenant made it necessary for the Law of Moses to be replaced - and is that not what was being taught in Israel so long ago ... that the Messiah would annul the Law of Moses. (I'm not sure of exact details of 1st Century teachings on this matter beyond that the Messiah was expected to establish a new covenant.)
It only says that the virgin will be with child and that her pregnancy will be a sign from God. Beyond the simple fact that the pregnancy must be a sign from God, it seems there is no empirical need for the mother to be a virgin. However, with regard to the New Testament, the messiah was the Memra become flesh - so it would be more a matter of not no need to have been swyving, rather than needing to be a virgin. According to rumour, there are 120 signs in total that attend the advent of the Messiah - this is only one of them.
I believe that the Biblical Letter to the Hebrews of the New Testament might have more meaning to Jewish people than to other races. It may be that the letter provides more information than I can appreciate that would give you a better answer.
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