The meaning of "Jehovah"

"And the four beasts...rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come." (Rev. 4:8).

This post is my best effort to transcribe minutes 16:45-25:15 from the podcast, "Gleanings From Genesis" #5, https:///truth2u.org.

The nation of Israel lost the ability to pronounce the name of God, so that 

(this is my belief, not Truth2u's) Satan could bring it back in the form of "Yahweh", which is pronounced identically with the Roman father of all gods Jupiter, or, Jove ("J" was pronounced like a "y", then a short "o". After that the "v" sounded like a "w",  and finally the "e" like a long "a" sound.) Jove was not pronounced with the typical American sounds and rules of phonetics that would make it rhyme with "wove" or "strove", but would be pronounced, "yah-way". 

Thus, Satan inspired men to cleverly morph Elohim's eternal name into Jupiter's name. And a pagan god's name and his satanic spirit blasphemed the name of Elohim, which lost its original Hebrew form and its meaning. The Father of angelic beings that excel in strength became the father of demonic gods. The Elohim of elohim was now Jupiter, king of kings and of demigods. The Creator who, at the beginning said, "Let there be light" and brought light into existence, now was merged with Lucifer, the light-bringer.

Moses, with his whole heart, warned all the Hebrew children of God concerning real potential tragedies on a gigantic scale, "if thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, The Lord Thy God." (Deut. 28:58). 

According to Truth2u the loss of God's true name was decreed by Jehovah Himself just prior to the remnant Jews who, in their self-will, chose to live in idolatrous, pagan Egypt during the Babylonian conquest. For a true context, we must bear in mind that the captivity didn't end with the subjugation of Babylonian Belshazzar by Persian Cyrus. The providential dominion over Israel, and loss of their autonomy by heathen power lasted 700 years. Their subjugation has even continued until today, sad to say, during the past two millennia under Roman jurisdiction, spirituality, and atheism.

"Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by My great name, saith the Lord, that My name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord God liveth." (Jer. 44:26).

Some sources give the reason that God's name was lost was the noble cause that the people feared to offend God by saying His name. So they never spoke it. And thus left in disuse, its sounds became forgotten to the Jews. However, my study of scripture leads me to believe that the Jews had defiled God's name for so long that He placed them in circumstances that would make them stop misrepresenting Him before the world. This interpretation aligns with Ezekiel 16:38-63, Ezekiel 20:3-44, Romans 2:24, and Isaiah 1:10-15. Again, do I judge them? How can I, when Christianity, and Protestantism, and we, His Adventists, have done the same? We, the whole world, need to fear God and glorify Him, for the hour of His judgment has come. The church has defiled God's name and reputation before the world in turning away from His straight Testimony, and now it's time to hear what He thinks of our adultery.

Truth2u believes the removal of God's correct name was to protect that holy name from heathen profanity. But maybe that's just Jewish vanity. (I'm only provoking unto love. As many as I love I rebuke and chasten, as the Lord did.) And yet, He sent the later promise that His name would be restored when His people would confess, with deep repentance, their treatment of Him.

"For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one consent." (Zeph. 3:9).

My suspicion is that the Jews would forget the name of God because Baal would be all that they would use by their continued service to Satan while in captivity. Moses had forewarned this.

"The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone." (Deut. 28:36). But the crude Baalim would return later, not in such blatantly licentious fertility rites and rough hewn and symbolic images, but in sophisticated philosophies and exquisitely sculpted statues.

But, should we pass judgment on the Jews? Have we the church done any differently? When God should be filling all of our thoughts, for all the abundant protection, privileges, provisions, freedom, and joy that He has granted us, His Protestant Americans, how do we look and sound today? Our Deliverer from papal despotism and persecution fills none of our thoughts! I realize that sounds exaggerated. But it isn't far from the truth. 

Notwithstanding God's Protestant people's complete departure from our Reformation covenant with Him, His name has returned to the Jews and to Protestantism, with its meaning.

Amazing grace of eternal love! But that holy name lost in antiquity is not the secretive mystery Tetragrammaton, YHVH that had the vowels of Adonoy inserted between the Tetragrammaton's consonants. Rather, the new revelation is the very name of the Most High God, Jehovah! 

For the longest time I have wanted to know the meaning of Jehovah. And now I know! Here's how it works:

The ancient Hebrew, yihye, translates to, "He will be (for evermore)";

The ancient Hebrew, hove, translates to, "He is";

The ancient Hebrew, hayah, translates to, "He has been ('from of old, from everlasting' (Mic. 5:2))".

The name of the Most High, who "liveth for ever and ever" (Rev. 4:9,10; 5:14; 10:6; 15:7), the "Ancient of days" (Dan. 7:9) is, yihye-hove-hayah.

Each phrase abbreviated the three make ("ye" "hov" "ah") which is, Ye-hov-ah. Amen! And Amen! 

The three infinite attributes comprise the name of the "only true God" (John 17:3), the holy divine One. The "Holy, holy, holy" from the four beasts, who rest not in their praises to the Most High and Most Holy God, is not attributed to the pagan Trinity god, but to "Him that sitteth on the throne" (Rev. 5:13; 6:16; 7:15), "He" (Rev. 4:3), "the One (who) sat on the throne" (Rev. 4:22).

And the three "holy(s)" refer to the three time periods that describe His attribute of eternity--future, present, and past--of the only true God, the self-existent Father. His sole, eternal existence, "who only hath immortality" (1Tim. 6:16), always will be holy, is now holy, and ever has been holy.

"And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God." (Gal. 6:16).

"From Him which is, and which was, and which is to come", "Grace be unto you, and peace". (Rev. 1:4).