His last statement to the Glasgow Assembly indicated his high degree of hope in the peace and harmony that presbyterian ecclesiology would bring to Scotland and perhaps even the world. . . . Henderson must be studied with a careful and nuanced reading of his view of covenant theology as well as an understanding of how he connected eschatology with presbyterian ecclesiology. A closer look at the relationship of eschatology and ecclesiology in early modern Scotland ought to encourage more fruitful inquiries and foster scholarly conversation in this often-overlooked area of modern theology.

L. Charles Jackson, Riots, Revolutions, and the Scottish Covenanters: The Work of Alexander Henderson, 173.

As a presbyterian, Henderson believed that his mission in guiding the kirk to classical presbyterian ecclesiology was like that of Athanasius, who stood at times against the world. He believed that godly polity provided not merely ecclesiastical order but the eschatological hope of entering a new stage of redemptive history that would usher peace and security into the world as Antichrist fell in defeat.

L. Charles Jackson, Riots, Revolutions, and the Scottish Covenanters: The Work of Alexander Henderson, 253.