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.

In what spirit should children obey their parents?
What portion of the 2300 days (years) mentioned in the vision, was allotted to the Jews?
What did He thus abolish?
What effect did this answer have upon the Jews?
7. What questions asked by its worshippers indicate the great station to which this beast-power was to attain?
What title is given the last book of the Bible?
To what place were the angels that sinned cast?

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