When the fullness of time arrived, Jesus came to free us from time. Freed from time, we will  come to eternity where time does not exist. There “today” is everlasting and is not preceded by a yesterday nor closed out by a tomorrow. This is the reason why we ought to love Jesus who created time so that we may be finally freed from time and made secure by him in eternity.

—Augustine, Commentary on the Gospel of John 31.5.3