thumb|Illustration of the concept of eternalism, showing a man walking his dog. Time progresses through the series of snapshots from the bottom of the page to the top. In a common sense view of time, each of those four instants would exist one after another. According to eternalism, those four instants all equally exist.
thUMb|ILluSTrAtioN Of THe concEpT of eternalIsm showinG a mAn walKiNg his dOg time proGrEsSes thrOuGH tHE Series of sNaPShots from the bottOm of thE paGe To the tOp In A ComMOn sensE vIew Of tIme eaCh oF those fOur iNstaNts wOuld exist oNe AftEr anOtHer accOrdING tO eTernaLiSM thOSE FOur iNStaNts All eqUally exisT