If the Biblical god really exists, and is not a figment of the imagination, why does it not make its presence clear without equivocation?
By not revealing its presence in a way that is irrefutable, it would be most unjust if unbelief resulted in dire consequences as some would have you believe.
Where is God? There is no distance between God and you. The material universe is a hologram made up of eleven different levels of what you call space/time. God, and heaven, exist in non-space/time. Essentially, you are a character in a movie and God is the movie projector but the movie is not projected onto something, it's imagined by God.
Why doesn't God make Himself known? Because that would violate the purpose of the universe.
Unbelief does not result in dire consequences unless, at the next level, it becomes so great that it hinders learning. It does not matter what you believe on the earth. The religions will tell you different because they want you to believe what they believe. They need followers for their church to exist.
At the next level you still don't have to believe in God or Jesus initially. You will be taught the truth about how God, about Jesus, and about how the universe really works. You have to attend school and learn the material that is presented.
In the higher levels of the universe if you refuse to learn or become disruptive or rebellious, then there's nothing that can be done with you. Certain primitive genes that cause excessive anger can be modified but you will not be forced to believe in anything you do not wish to believe in. If you are stubborn and refuse to believe then you cannot ascend to heaven and you cannot stay forever at the middle levels. There are only two options, you will have to either accept that God exists or cease to exist.