I do not know if anyone has posted this and I haven’t got time to go through about 170 comments to find out. That being said, I disagree with the Topic’s title. Perhaps it is correct to say God has removed His hand, but I think what has really happened is stated in 1 Samuel 8:7b:
“for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.”
It is we who have abandoned God, not the reverse. May God have mercy on us.
I agree with you about the title and that is a better representation, but I didn’t write it, Bill Keller did.