On my PBF page, quoting from my Patristics for Protestants post, I have a description of one doctrinal perspective that is close to that of Esaias above:
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(D) The virgin birth did not have any direct effect on the nature of the Lord Jesus, it was mostly for prophetic fulfillment and Messianic narrative. Jesus was sinless by his goodness and effort, with perhaps a providential anointing put in the mix. Here we are more into the realm of the ebionites, and possibly adoptionists and nazarenes.
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In other words, to this perspective, which also includes most Biblical Unitarians and some ‘Trinitarians’, the miracle of the virgin birth was a type of ‘highlight reel’. However, it was not intrinsically relevant to Jesus being the sinless Messiah, whose blood is an atonement.
Nothing in the.Gospel would be lost if Jesus was the natural-born child of Joseph and Mary, beyond narrative and possibly the
Isaiah 7:14 connection, as expressed by Matthew in 1:22-23.
Not my scripture understanding, to be clear.