Time is the measurement of change in the universe. If one were able to move about freely in time and see the universe as it was and as all the possibilities of what it may become, then the universe might as well be static to that observer.
I picture it as an amazingly -nay, infinitely - complex structure with every possible pathway built into it, sitting on some guy's workbench. This guy can walk around and peer into any part of it and see how things are at the coordinates of his choice.
At one end, he can examine the Big Bang. At the other end he can examine any of the infinitudes of ways in which it might all end.
Thus, to him, it's a solid-state sculpture - all existing at once. No time needed.
For another analogy, watch a movie. It takes a couple hours of time to see the whole thing. Perhaps years or centuries pass in the story. Or, you can go up to the projectionist's booth and see the whole thing at one glance, sitting in a film can. While there, you can take a flashlight and look at any frame and see what's going on there. The film has a temporal component, yet when viewed from outside, that temporal component disappears.
That's how I picture the universe when it comes to time. It has an undeniable temporal component, but only to those unable to step outside and remove themselves from the environment and see it from outside our timeline.
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