Something I've come across recently, is the answer or reason to why we are supposed to love our enemies, as Jesus tells us to in Matthew 5 and Luke 6.
See, Paul explains to us in Ephesians 6:12 (NIV) that "...our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."
So, when a person does something to us that causes us to want to take revenge, fight them and call them our enemy, chances are that they did not necessarily do it out of their own accord. Not trying to negate the fact that humans are still sinful and wicked without God's love, grace, wisdom, peace, healing etc. anyway, but isn't it quite possible that the evil nature of man becomes amplified and manifested by the presence, and especially the direction, of evil spiritual forces?
I'm not saying that whatever the person did was OK, but we are still told to forgive them and even love them, even if their actions carry consequences that they will have to live with, such as a court order, prison or even death in some societies. But to make it clear, they will still have to serve time in prison or whatever the legal consequence is, even after we've forgiven them, but that' a whole different issue.
My point is that we are told to love the person who is our enemy. And I think the reason for it lies in the action or spiritual force to be dealt with as an enemy, rather than the person, or the "flesh and blood" so to speak.
Just my thoughts...
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