Read it again slowly.
Now there seems to be a small contradiction between Luke and Matthew but I do not think that Joseph would have joined with Miriam while she was pregnant with Yeshua, nor do we see a wedding occurring... So still engaged in Jerusalem and still engaged when she delivered Yeshua.
They are in Jerusalem just before the birth of Christ
Luke 1:5 in order to register along with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with child.
Not married.
And
Matthew 1:18-20 reads
18 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly. 20 But when he had thought this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
Nice try...
You have the entire Old Testament to find a requirement for a wedding. 613 Mosaic Laws and not one of them require a wedding. How many men "taking" a wife... "knowing" women...and a host of begots...but no weddings. The Jewish kings had how many wives and still even Kings did not have weddings.
How could the Old Testament require a wedding if the words wed and wedding are not in their language?
You have the whole New Testament and no requirement for a wedding. Neither Christ or the Apostles said anything about requiring a wedding. When you read the word wedding in the parables about Christ and the Church, know that the Greek word for wedding and marriage are the same word.
According to you no one was married in the Old or New Testament because no one had a wedding and none were required.
History backs this up because the first recorded Christian wedding was around 900 years after Christ's ministry.
Now you should have brought up the Wedding in Cana....
But we have no idea who it was for or what religion they were. In this time period all weddings were Pagan. And when Christians do eventually have weddings, they are modeled after Roman Weddings. Then again we are back to which way you translate the Greek word that means either wedding or marriage.
What we have today is still modeled after Roman weddings. Do you think someone said in Christ's time...Lets have a wedding like the Romans. The whole thing would be offensive to the Jews.
Don't get me wrong...I am all for weddings....the bigger the better and I think it is important.
And speculatively....after the gentiles were converting to Christianity....I am going to speculate that some had weddings...because that was their custom and traditions. But still no biblical occurrence and no religious requirement.
A common Christian statement...It is a sin to have sex before you are wed or married. The problem is....that statement does not occur in the Bible because that is how a couple consummates a marriage. People should not have sex unless they are in love. But I am still not on board with condemning lovers for making love. And when they do, they are married, and they should plan a wedding.