Citations:leave time

(among some Christians; varies from literal to idiomatic) pass away (into eternal life), die

 * 1950, Carl Carmer, Listen for a Lonesome Drum: A York State Chronicle, Syracuse University Press (ISBN 9780815602613), page 212:
 * The left time in 1819—but to this day, though the descendants of her people fulfilled the Quaker woman&#39;s prophecy by failing to  observe her teachings, she is a live influence in the countryside around Seneca ...
 * others about the same person, making the meaning clear:
 * 1969, Quaker History:
 * In his recent biography of, Herbert Wisbey refers to these visits by the four Quakers and makes reference to the printed journal of William Savery. [...] He “left time” or died, the following year.
 * 2015, Whitney R. Cross, The Burned-over District, Cornell University Press (ISBN 9780801477003):
 * The Friend herself joined the colony in 1789 and lived there until she “left time” in 1819. Lawsuits between her heirs and several opposers and apostates dragged in the courts until 1828.

on the more literal end of the spectrum

 * 1859, William Branks, Zion's King: the Scriptural view of “the Lord Jesus Christ as head” over all things to the Church, page 107:
 * I hear, upon my death-bed, the key turning. I hear, on the outside of the door, the voice of the Beloved saying, Come. In the cloud of Christ&#39;s presence, in the chariot of salvation, I leave time and enter eternity; I leave earth and rise to heaven.
 * 2006, Myles Munroe, Understanding Your Potential Expanded Edition, Destiny Image Publishers (ISBN 9780768496239):
 * Sometimes we sing: “When I get to heaven I&#39;m going to praise the Lord for a thousand years.” “What are you going to do after that?” [...] “You will not begin really living until you leave time and enter eternity.”