Messianic Longing

It is often suggested that Islam is a variant on Christianity which is itself a variant on Judaism, but it sometimes seems on closer inspection as though Islam and Judaism have more in common with each other than they do with Christianity -- and this pairing of rabbinic utterance with hadith is a pleasant indicator in that direction...

Both utterances, interestingly enough, give pause to those in their respective traditions caught up in apocalyptic expectation...