The Apostles were already asserting that there'd come the fulfilment of God's promises for Israel - before they even properly understood that Gentiles would later also be saved.
Point: Bible-prophecies about Israel were fulfilled in Israel, for Israel, in the experience of Israelites - without needing anything to also happen among the Gentiles before it could be said that those prophecies were fulfilled.
Extended point: prophecies which were about Israel don't directly project what the Church must achieve in future history.
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