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Based on the wording of the bolded part, the first estate is mortality.

Who baptized John as a child?

Mosiah 27:13 says "Nevertheless he cried again, saying: Alma, arise and stand forth, for why persecutest thou the church of God? For the Lord hath said: This is my church, and I will establish it; and nothing shall overthrow it, save it is the transgression of my people" If the gates of hell would not prevail against Christ's church, how could the transgression of people overthrow it?