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.

Does Christ possess these same attributes?
In His teaching, to what did Christ direct attention?
Notwithstanding the lamb like appearance of this power, what is it ultimately to do?
How is this great and dreadful day described in this same prophecy?
What will be the first plague, and upon whom will it fall?
6. Looking forward to the conflicts through which His followers must pass, what cheering message did Christ send them through the Apostle John?
What did it lead Moses to do?

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