Questions for Saved Christians

When a saved Christian dies,
one Bible verse states that they are asleep. Their bodies will be risen again at the Rapture.
Now, according to what Christ said to the thief at His crucifixion, "Today you will be with me in paradise, (heaven.)
Question 1: If our souls/spirits are in heaven after we die, why do we need our bodies to be resurrected?
Question 2: Are we judged by God, (stand in judgement,) after we die or after our bodies are resurrected?

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saintsong · 41-45, F

Redemption through His Blood
…26Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.…

New International Version
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.