We can play it this way as well then
We use our scopes to collect light in order to see image of the object in the sky. Lets assume we are looking at the object that is 100 light years away from us. In other words it takes 100 light years for the light to get to us.
Now, lets assume we know something faster than light, twice as fast in fact. If we send that towards the mentioned object lets say 10 light years towards that object. Then record that object with it and send the image back to us again twice as fast as light.
We would be looking at the future of that object. In relevance to us of course, those things already happened as far as that object is concerned. So its a past for the object and future for us for that object.
See..its easy
bob