Mark Rushdooney has an interesting perspective on time here. Time is a great mystery. Rushdooney affirms that God ultimately brings meaning to time.

“Scripture gives us a transcendent meaning to time and history. Time is, without God, at best meaningless. At worst it is our enemy because it leads us to death and dying. Without God we lose perspective on time. The contempt for time leads to contempt for history, which becomes, at best, empty pages on which men impose meaning.“

He is correct about time being an enemy. However, that applies only to unbelievers. Every second that passes is a second closer to ultimate judgment. For a believer, time is a friend. Every second that passes is a second closer to being with Christ.