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.

Why did John write his testimony concerning God's love and purpose in giving Christ?
What effect did the preaching of the apostles have upon the hearers?
What was the first beast like?
In symbolic prophecy what length of time is represented by a day?
What appeared unto Daniel in 538 BC., the same year in which Babylon fell?
By what method of reasoning did Christ justify acts of mercy on the Sabbath day?
How long do the other class wait after the first resurrection before they are raised?

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