The Mishna was compiled some 150 years after the destruction of the Temple, 85 years after the failed Bar Kochba rebellion.
When the Mishna was compiled, there was no longer an imminent threat of destruction from the Romans, but neither was there any realistic political or military hope of rebuilding the Temple (short of a miracle).
This class looks at explicit and implicit mentions of the Temple’s destruction in the Mishna, and sees the message of hope that Rebbi Yehuda HaNasi put within it.