Why did Christ tell us to love our enemies?

Answer

"But 1 say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and
pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father
which is in heaven: for He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and
on the unjust." Matt. 5: 44, 45.

How did He encourage His disciples to look for the fulfilment of prophecy?
How is the church of the last days described?
What comes to all men as the result of the Fall?
What shows that the angels sent to Abraham and Lot were real beings?
In what respect is the reaping of God's people to differ from their sowing?
To whom did Jesus first send the twelve disciples?
What peaceful condition will prevail in the earth made new?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle