This is an interesting insight, but I'm not sure how you come to your final statement because the God that is known is not just objectively known, but known by an intellectual process which is integral to coherent language. Our language determines how we will think and know, and how we think and know something, is reflected in our speech. That direct connection to God bypasses all of that, and we are known by God. We are seen as we truly are rather than how we see ourselves and each other.
Just because we may not know God, it doesn't then follow that there is no faith left. All faith dwells in, with, and through Christ. It is the faith OF Christ that operates. Abraham sets out with no aim or destination in mind. He does this by faith, a faith that God has implanted within him. That can only be the faith of Christ.