The Philtrum

[this is something I have never done before but I thought was inspiring. I pray that you are blessed too!]

The Philtrum

What is the flat thing below the middle of the nose down to the middle of the upper lip? It's called the "philtrum." It apparently has no use at all according to scientists but according to mythology the reason most of us have it is explained below.

In Jewish mythology, each embryo has an angel while they are in utero. The angel lightly taps an infant's upper lip before birth, to silence the infant from telling all the secrets in the universe to the humans who reside in it. The infant then somewhat forgets what they have been taught. Some believers of the myth speculate that this is the cause of the philtrum, but it does not have a basis in traditional Jewish texts.

In the movie, Key Largo, Humphrey Bogart tells a fairy tale to a child, saying that, before birth, the soul knows the secrets of heaven, but at birth an angel presses a fingertip just above one's upper lip, which seals us to silence.

In the movie, Mr. Nobody," unborn infants are said to have knowledge of all past and future events. As an unborn infant is about to be born, the angels lightly tap its upper lip, whereupon the unborn infant forgets everything it knows. The movie follows the life story of one infant, whose lip hadn't been tapped.

In the movie "The Prophecy," Archangel Gabriel asks Thomas Dagget, "Do you know how you got that dent above your upper lip? Way back, before you were born, I told you a secret, then I put my finger there and said "Shhhh!"

In the book, "Prince Ombra," the cleft on our upper lip is attributed to being hushed by a "cavern angel" just before we are born.

MY THOUGHTS

Well, this is just trivia, but I found it very interesting. My first thought is that this myth tells me that babies who die at a very young age, go straight to heaven - which is what Christians believe, and what is biblically true also.

My second thought is that this myth may tell us that when born, children are innocent but, at the age of speaking (or the age of maturity), we revert to the unholy, defiled, sinful, rebellious humans that Adam and Eve became after they sinned. We inherit their sin. That is why the Bible calls our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, the SECOND ADAM.

Do you know why it took the holy, undefiled, blood of Christ to usher in salvation for all? Do you know why the Holy Spirit mysteriously placed the embryo into Mary's womb before she married Joseph? Christ had no earthly father, and therefore, His blood remained pure, holy and undefiled. To have an earthly father would have meant that Christ's blood could not be the holy, undefiled, innocent blood of a Saviour. If He had had an earthly father, He would be born rebellious, a sinner, a hater of God! I could never work in our salvation. God didn't create a new being (He completed original creation in seven days in the beginning.) Christ was before the foundation of creation and therefore came, died, rose, and ascended back to the right hand of God, His heavenly Father. Of necessity, it took the precious Christ Jesus to overcome the sin and hatred of the world caused by Adam and Eve. When we accept Christ, and go on to become true followers of Christ, our nature changes back to the original purpose of God - we are cleansed, washed, loose our rebellion towards God, our Father, and become new creatures through Christ and the Holy Spirit working in us!!

Well, I'm just rambling this morning!! I don't really believe myths and yet, there was so much of this trivia that could be believed - or at least, could be a blessing - I felt an urge to share it with everyone!! I hope you have enjoyed and I pray that whatever is in this rambling, you are blessed, smiling and enlightened!!

Katherine Sewell