Yes, it's going to be Biblical.
But important to notice those image with the beam over the lightning is a camera artifact created by the rolling shutter, that happen mostly on vertical photos from mobile cameras, cause the axis of the shutter runs through the sensor perpendicular to the longest side.
More info here:
http://globalskywatch.com/disinfo/rolling-shutter-effect.html#.Xvzv5Z70nOQ