What prophets did Messiah mean in Luke 16:16 when we see yet more prophets thereafter?
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What Jesus is pointing out here is a transition in the message being proclaimed. The law and the prophets all pointed to a day when the people would be saved by their Messiah. So what Jesus is saying is that starting with John that time is now. And going forward the message won't be one day we'll be saved, but rather you can be saved today by believing the Good News.
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The word translated as "until" in both passages is ἕως (heōs), which does not necessarily mean up to some point and never again. The same confusion sometimes arises over Matthew 1:25
Matthew 1:24–25 (RSV)
When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took his wife, but knew her not until (ἕως) she had borne a son; and he called his name Jesus.
John Chrysostom, writing (in Greek) in the 4th century, explains how the word ἕως:
He hath here used the word “till,” not that thou shouldest suspect that afterwards he did know her, but to inform thee that before the birth the Virgin was wholly untouched by man. But why then, it may be said, hath he used the word, “till”? Because it is usual in Scripture often to do this, and to use this expression without reference to limited times. For so with respect to the ark likewise, it is said, “The raven returned not till the earth was dried up [Genesis 8:7]. And yet it did not return even after that time. And when discoursing also of God, the Scripture saith, From age until age Thou art [Psalm 89:2 LXX], not as fixing limits in this case. And again when it is preaching the Gospel beforehand, and saying, In his days shall righteousness flourish, and abundance of peace, till the moon be taken away [Psalm 71:7 LXX], it doth not set a limit to this fair part of creation. So then here likewise.
The verse you cite clearly demonstrates that the gift of prophesy persisted after John the Baptist. Paul also refers several times to prophesy existing in the Church at his time (e.g. Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:20). Paul even attributed the gift of prophesy to himself (1 Corinthians 13:2).
There is even a prophesy that prophesy will continue, recalled by the Apostles on the occasion of Pentecost (Acts 2:16):
Joel 2:28 (RSV)
And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.
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