365 Challenging Soul-Making Theodicy 2 (Brandon Duke, Jerry Wierwille)

Why is hiddenness and epistemic distance considered a necessity for moral development considering the biblical examples where people experienced God and still retained their ability to make real moral choices either to obey or reject him?

How can the four Ds (death, decay, deprivation, and damage) be considered good when scripture calls death itself God's enemy?

Considering that evil and suffering are not 100% effective in bringing about moral development and are in some cases even deleterious to that end, how can soul-making work as a thoroughgoing theodicy?