559. 'Knowing that he has very little time' signifies because [the dragon] knows that the New Heaven has been formed, and that thus a New Church on earth is imminent, and that then he with his like will be cast into hell. These things are signified because 'the dragon' knows that the New Heaven has been formed, for he has been cast down from it (vers. 8, 9). Again, he knows also that a New Church on earth is imminent because of what is foretold in the Apocalypse (chap. xxi); and he also knows that he with his like is to be cast into hell, also because of what is foretold (Rev. xx 1, 2, 10).