[wendy1946]

The book of Hebrews starts off:

BOOK OF HEBREWS CHAPTER 1 1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things...

That clearly means that the age of prophets and direct communication with the spirit realm are over and that, henceforth, as Jesus noted, we are to know the spirit realm through faith.

John is called John the Baptist and not John the Prophet.

[the_daug]

Jesus also said:
Mat 11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

[the_daug]

And Jesus also said Luk_13:33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

referring to himself as a prophet.

[Campion]

That clearly means that the age of prophets and direct communication with the spirit realm are over

No, it's merely drawing a contrast between God's revelation of himself to the Jewish people through the OT Prophets, and God's ultimate revelation of himself through Jesus Christ. Don't read more into it than it actually says.

1 Cor 12:28 says that God has appointed prophets within the Church. Acts 15:32 says that Judas and Silas were two such prophets.