sandyRoe "... Is Judaism really in the big 3?... God delivered his message to us when he judged us ready to receive it..."
I find your answer strangely Orwellian. You appear to be holding contradictory opinions and yet seem to believe that they are equally valid at the same time. Allow me to elaborate but before I do, I must say that as you well know, the term "big 3" when referring to religion refers to the main three Abrahamic religions. Those being Judaism, Christianity and Islam. All three have essentially the same stories, characters and events. Your comment about Hinduism is simply pedantry.
Back to the main point. Speaking chronologically, I think it's fair to say that Islam is a late-comer to the Abrahamic religious party; it being thrust upon the world a mere 1400 years ago by way of the sword. Christianity was reversely next being 'revealed' approximately 2000 years ago. Then comes Judaism, 'revealed' to the world 3500 years ago (circa 1500 BC).
Given the above and your comment that, "... God delivered his message to us when he judged us ready to receive it...", to which 'message' are you referring? You know as well as I do that Christianity is basically a revision of Judaism with Jesus cast in the central role of 'god's 'prophet. The Bible is a re-telling of the Torah just as Islam is a re-telling of both the Bible and the Torah.
My point being that you appear to believe that 'god' revealed 'his' *correct* message 2000 years ago and not 3500 years ago as the Jews believe. By your comment you must think that god misjudged mankind 3500 years and again 1400 years ago and only got it right 2000 years ago with the 'Jesus' tale.
How convenient for you that the 'correct' version of 'god's truth' also happens to be the one you believe more than the others. What are the odds of that happening? ;-)